Case Study: Qualys shifts security left and reduces open-source risk with Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle

Qualys - Customer Case Study

Qualys, a cloud security and compliance company, faced a growing challenge from widespread open source use: security teams had limited visibility into what components developers were using, human-based whitelists/blacklists were impractical, and vulnerability management wasn’t integrated into the SDLC. Senior leadership recognized that open source risk was becoming a material third‑party risk but lacked the tools and developer collaboration to manage it effectively.

Qualys worked with Sonatype’s Nexus Lifecycle to shift security left by embedding automated component visibility, bill-of-materials tracking, and developer-facing guidance into the build and DevOps process. The result was improved visibility into builds and component choices, better developer decision-making about component security, and growing organizational awareness and third‑party scrutiny that enabled Qualys to inject security earlier in continuous delivery.

Qualys

Andrew Wild

Former Chief Security Officer