Secure Your Containerized Environments with Qualys Containerized Scanner Appliance (QCSA) 

This document introduces the Qualys Containerized Scanner Appliance (QCSA), a Docker-based network scanner that brings the capabilities of Qualys Virtual Scanner into containerized environments, enabling scalable, flexible vulnerability management and policy compliance scanning. It highlights key features such as automatic signature updates, API/UI-driven scan orchestration, segmentation and scaling across containerized infrastructure, and secure, hardened operations with encrypted data handling. The report outlines benefits like cost savings versus traditional virtualization, efficient resource utilization, and seamless integration, notes current support for VM and PC scans with future WAS and SCAP, and directs readers to release notes and the user guide for deployment details.