Case Study: SAS achieves rapid vulnerability insight and risk reduction with QualysGuard from Qualys

Mitigating IT Vulnerability Risks Through Rapid Insight

SAS, the world’s largest privately held software company and a leader in business intelligence used by hundreds of global enterprises, needed a more accurate, scalable way to secure its extensive Internet-facing infrastructure. Its manual vulnerability scans were slow, produced many false positives, and couldn’t correlate risks to business assets across several Class B networks and 500+ hosts, leaving security teams to spend excessive time validating findings and planning remediation.

SAS deployed QualysGuard’s on-demand vulnerability management to automate asset discovery, auditing, and fix tracking with highly customizable tagging and reporting via a robust API. The solution delivered faster, more accurate visibility into vulnerabilities, enabled weekly risk reports, reduced reliance on costly third‑party audits, and let the security team quickly detect asset changes and prioritize remediation—dramatically improving efficiency and security posture.

SAS

Brian Wilson

Network Security Engineer, Systems and Information Security