Comparison Overview

Qualys

VS

CrowdStrike

Qualys

919 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, 94404, US
Last Update: 2026-03-30
Between 700 and 749

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a leading provider of disruptive cloud-based security, compliance and IT solutions with more than 10,000 subscription customers worldwide, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and automate their security and compliance solutions onto a single platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings. The Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform leverages a single agent to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and private clouds, containers, and mobile devices. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of leading managed service providers and global consulting organizations. For more information, please visit http://www.qualys.com.

NAICS: 541514
NAICS Definition: Others
Employees: 3,389
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

CrowdStrike

Remote, US
Last Update: 2026-03-28
Between 550 and 599

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk — endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities. Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value. CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.

NAICS: 541514
NAICS Definition: Others
Employees: 10,946
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
4

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Qualys
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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CrowdStrike
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Qualys
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
CrowdStrike
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Computer and Network Security Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Qualys in 2026.

Incidents vs Computer and Network Security Industry Average (This Year)

CrowdStrike has 55.04% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Qualys (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Qualys cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — CrowdStrike (X = Date, Y = Severity)

CrowdStrike cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Qualys
Incidents

Date Detected: 03/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Exploit of Accellion FTA servers
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog
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CrowdStrike
Incidents

Date Detected: 2/2026
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Compromised machine identities, Service accounts, API tokens, Certificates, SMB network shares
Motivation: Financial gain, Data exfiltration
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2026
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: BYOVD (Bring-Your-Own-Vulnerable-Driver) exploit embedded in ransomware payload
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Insider Threat (Malicious Employee), Social Engineering (Voice-Phishing), Credential Theft (SSO Authentication Cookies), Dark Web/Telegram Leak
Motivation: Financial Gain, Extortion, Reputation Damage, Data Theft for Resale
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Qualys company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to CrowdStrike company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

CrowdStrike company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Qualys company.

In the current year, CrowdStrike company has reported more cyber incidents than Qualys company.

CrowdStrike company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Qualys company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both CrowdStrike company and Qualys company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

CrowdStrike company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Qualys company has not reported such incidents publicly.

CrowdStrike company has disclosed at least one vulnerability, while Qualys company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Qualys nor CrowdStrike holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Qualys company nor CrowdStrike company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

CrowdStrike company employs more people globally than Qualys company, reflecting its scale as a Computer and Network Security.

Neither Qualys nor CrowdStrike holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Qualys nor CrowdStrike holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Qualys nor CrowdStrike holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Qualys nor CrowdStrike holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Qualys nor CrowdStrike holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Qualys nor CrowdStrike holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

A vulnerability was identified in Totolink A3300R 17.0.0cu.557_b20221024. This affects the function setLanCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi of the component Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument lanIp leads to command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvss3
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Perl versions from 5.9.4 before 5.40.4-RC1, from 5.41.0 before 5.42.2-RC1, from 5.43.0 before 5.43.9 contain a vulnerable version of Compress::Raw::Zlib. Compress::Raw::Zlib is included in the Perl package as a dual-life core module, and is vulnerable to CVE-2026-3381 due to a vendored version of zlib which has several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-27171. The bundled Compress::Raw::Zlib was updated to version 2.221 in Perl blead commit c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94.

Description

Ghidra versions prior to 12.0.3 improperly process annotation directives embedded in automatically extracted binary data, resulting in arbitrary command execution when an analyst interacts with the UI. Specifically, the @execute annotation (which is intended for trusted, user-authored comments) is also parsed in comments generated during auto-analysis (such as CFStrings in Mach-O binaries). This allows a crafted binary to present seemingly benign clickable text which, when clicked, executes attacker-controlled commands on the analyst’s machine.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.8
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

A critical security vulnerability in parisneo/lollms versions up to 2.2.0 allows any authenticated user to accept or reject friend requests belonging to other users. The `respond_request()` function in `backend/routers/friends.py` does not implement proper authorization checks, enabling Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) attacks. Specifically, the `/api/friends/requests/{friendship_id}` endpoint fails to verify whether the authenticated user is part of the friendship or the intended recipient of the request. This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access, privacy violations, and potential social engineering attacks. The issue has been addressed in version 2.2.0.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Description

A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in parisneo/lollms versions prior to 2.2.0, specifically in the `/api/files/export-content` endpoint. The `_download_image_to_temp()` function in `backend/routers/files.py` fails to validate user-controlled URLs, allowing attackers to make arbitrary HTTP requests to internal services and cloud metadata endpoints. This vulnerability can lead to internal network access, cloud metadata access, information disclosure, port scanning, and potentially remote code execution.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N