Case Study: Journal Communications, Inc. achieves company-wide risk visibility and rapid remediation with Qualys

Journal Communications Gets the Scoop on Risk Management

Journal Communications, a diversified media company operating newspapers, radio and TV stations and nearly 100 websites, faced fragmented IT security across business units with no company‑wide baseline for risk or regulatory compliance. Each unit managed vulnerabilities independently, creating redundant work and making it difficult to measure or remediate enterprise risk and meet Sarbanes‑Oxley requirements.

The company adopted the Qualys SaaS platform, deploying appliances per business unit to automate discovery, prioritized vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking. The result: accurate, low‑false‑positive assessments with daily/weekly scans, remediation time cut from months to hours, and streamlined, verifiable SOX compliance reporting and a standardized view of enterprise risk.

Journal Communications, Inc.

James Herzfeld

Vice President of Information Technologies, Journal Communications , CIO Journal Sentinel