With Qualys FIM, you can easily see all important changes happening across your files, folders, registry settings, access events, and even network device configurations in one place. You get real-time alerts and detailed reports that help you quickly spot unauthorized changes, strengthen your security, and stay compliant.
In today’s dynamic cybersecurity landscape, IT environments span diverse systems and clouds, making the integrity of configuration files, system binaries, and registry settings essential for security and stability. Any unauthorized or unintended change whether from attackers, malware, or internal errors can undermine security controls, introduce compliance risks, and disrupt operations.
Qualys File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) is a cloud-based security solution that detects and reports changes in files, directories, and registry settings across IT environments. It helps organizations ensure security, maintain compliance, and streamline auditing by identifying unauthorized or suspicious modifications that could indicate security breaches.
File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) provides the visibility and governance necessary to maintain a secure and compliant IT ecosystem.
FIM detects unauthorized or suspicious changes to critical system files, helping to reduce the time to respond to potential breaches.
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FIM is a cloud-based solution, offering centralized visibility and management of file change events.
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FIM automatically alerts you when it detects unauthorized or suspicious changes.
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FIM generates reports to capture events and incidents occurring in your files.
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FIM can identify and alert if someone is impersonating a privileged user to gain unauthorized access.
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FIM can capture file access attempts, providing detailed information about who, what, when, and where access attempts occur.
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FIM helps organizations meet compliance requirements like PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and others.
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FIM can monitor network devices for configuration changes, even without requiring agents to be on the devices.
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You can perform the database monitoring by configuring FIM with the help of Qualys CAR subscription
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Follow the FIM Journey to understand how automated assessments and seamless script execution work.
Prerequisites
Before using FIM, ensure the Cloud Agent application is enabled for your subscription and the required Qualys Cloud Agent is installed and activated for your assets.
Learn More →Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Ensure user roles are properly defined, as FIM uses RBAC permissions to control specific script operations.
Learn More →Tag based User Scoping
Tag-based User Scoping ensures Sub-users can access only those assets and related FIM data that match their assigned tags, while untagged assets remain accessible to all Sub-users.
Learn More →FIM APIs
Get started with FIM APIs to automate the APIs like event, incidents, alerting, correlation, profile and assets.
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