Patch Management Onboarding and Configuration

If you are new to Patch Management, the following guidance will help you through the onboarding and configuration.

Prerequisites
Patch Management Workflow
Patch Management Configuration

Prerequisites

Qualys Subscription and Modules required

You would require a Patch Management (PM) application enabled for your account.

System support

Patch Management supports installing patches on Windows, Linux, and Mac systems. Refer to the Patch Management Supported Product Versions for more information about Supported Windows Products, Supported Linux Operating Systems, and Supported Mac Products.

Patch Management Workflow

Patch Management Workflow.

How does Patch Management Work?

You get instant visibility on patches available for your assets. Also, you can understand whether these patches have already been installed on your assets.
You can automatically deploy new patches as and when they are available.
You can install Microsoft and Non-Microsoft patches for Windows by using a single patch management application. You can also deploy patch jobs on Linux and Mac assets.
You can create jobs to automate patch installation for Windows, Linux, and Mac assets. A single job deployment can have either Windows, Linux, or Mac assets. A job that combines Windows, Linux, or Mac assets is not supported.

The Windows and Mac Cloud Agent downloads the required patches from external sources. However, patches that require authentication cannot be downloaded by the agent. You can manually download and install such patches on the assets. Qualys Patch Management will then identify these patches as installed.

We do not support scanning assets running Windows evaluation versions. Once upgraded to the full version of Windows, these assets are scanned for missing and installed patches.

Introduction to Patch Management

Watch the following video for Patch Management overview.

Patch Management Configuration