Five Steps to TruRisk™
Effective cybersecurity requires more than just patching vulnerabilities—it demands a strategic, risk-based approach. The Steps to TruRisk™ Series breaks down the essential steps for prioritizing, assessing, and mitigating risk with Qualys TruRisk™ at the core.
This section offers resources on TruRisk™, including webinars and blogs that delve deeper into the framework.
- Webinars: A Five-step Framework for TruRisk Management
- Blogs: Steps to TruRisk—Insight to Action with VMDR
Webinar Series
This series features expert insights and special guest appearances to help organizations align security decisions with business impact, enhance visibility into real-world threats, and take action on what matters most.
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Mind the Gap | Shifting to Priority-Driven Strategies The first episode is designed to help organizations transition from traditional vulnerability management to true risk reduction. It explains how to align technical remediation efforts with actual business priorities. |
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Take Inventory | Measuring Threats Accurately Many organizations rely solely on CVSS scores for prioritization; however, these scores often fail to accurately reflect the true likelihood of exploitation. This session introduces the Qualys Detection Score (QDS), a more comprehensive metric that enhances visibility across multiple risk dimensions. |
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Get Started | Assessing Business Consequences This session provides a structured approach to assessing risk. |
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Track Risk & Communicate with Confidence This session focuses on how to communicate risk in ways that build trust, align teams, and set the stage for eventual risk elimination. |
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Eliminate Risk – Lead with Confidence This final session focuses on eliminating threats, reducing risk, and aligning execution to strategy. Security, remediation, and compliance teams act in sync, isolating systems, closing gaps, and taking action at the speed of conflict. |
Blog Series
You can also explore our blog series to discover how organizations can improve their cybersecurity posture by integrating the principles of measuring, communicating, and mitigating risks.
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Shift to Priority-Driven Strategies This blog emphasizes the importance of organizations transitioning from traditional vulnerability management to a risk-based approach, one that directly aligns cybersecurity efforts with business objectives. |
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Measuring the Likelihood of Vulnerability Exploitation This blog emphasizes the importance of organizations adopting a risk-based approach that thoroughly assesses the severity and exploitability of vulnerabilities. By implementing this strategy, organizations can significantly enhance their ability to mitigate exposure to cyber threats. |
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Getting Started—Assessing Business Consequences This blog emphasizes the importance of identifying and prioritizing critical assets to ensure that cybersecurity efforts are directly aligned with business objectives. |
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Communicate Effectively - Track and Quantify Risk This blog emphasizes that effective risk management involves more than just detection. It requires clear, business-aligned communication and coordinated execution. It also sets the stage for the final installment (Step 5), which focuses on leadership-driven risk mitigation and strategic remediation. |
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Eliminate Risk – Lead with Confidence This step highlights the importance of executing remediation strategies. Teams should focus on patching, mitigating, isolating, or applying custom remediation to address threats. It is essential to drive risk reduction through decisive action and accountability. |