Julian Micheal, country manager, Africa, Qualys
Cloud-based cyber risk management company Qualys will feature at the ITWeb Security Summit JHB 2026, scheduled for 2 and 3 June at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, with 4 June reserved for workshops.
Julian Micheal, country manager for Africa at Qualys, and Rajat Tripathi, senior technical account manager at Qualys, will present on enterprise exposure management and risk operations. They will focus on how the company’s Agent Val product enables agent-led exploit validation and autonomous risk remediation.
“Most organisations today are overwhelmed by fragmented security data, multiple tools and increasing threat velocity. Traditional vulnerability management struggles to keep up with modern attack surfaces and AI-accelerated threats. Risk-based approaches allow organisations to prioritise what truly matters: reduce remediation effort and align security actions with business outcomes,” says Tripathi.
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