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Eliminate Risk with Precision: Introducing Vulnerability Detection Sources in VMDR

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Feed Name: Qualys Blog

Date Published: 2025-05-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

Author: Spencer Brown

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**Qualys VMDR** introduces Vulnerability Detection Sources, adding visibility into where each vulnerability was found (e.g., Cloud Agent, internal/external scanners) and integrating this context into the **TruRisk** score—automatically increasing risk by 20% for externally exposed findings—to improve prioritization, remediation, and reporting. The release adds a Sources column, grouping/filtering, new QQL tokens, CSV/reporting fields, and an API option (vuln_detection_source=1) to retrieve detection history, with future support planned for Policy Audit; paired with **TruRisk Eliminate**, teams can drive targeted patching, configuration mitigations, and device isolation.

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