What Changed
The Qualys VM Knowledge Base connector has been promoted from Preview to General Availability status. This change includes configuration updates to support production deployment and enhanced monitoring capabilities.
Security Impact (Visibility & Fidelity)
Organizations can now deploy the Qualys KB connector in production environments to ingest vulnerability intelligence data. The connector provides access to Qualys vulnerability knowledge base entries, enabling correlation of detected vulnerabilities with comprehensive threat intelligence.
Key improvements in this GA release:
- Production support tier (Microsoft-supported)
- Enhanced monitoring with new parser-based metrics tracking
- Reduced timeout settings (60s → 30s) for improved reliability
- Full API v4.0 compatibility (from previous v3.1.1 update)
The connector populates the QualysKB table with vulnerability knowledge base entries, enabling security teams to:
- Correlate vulnerability scan results with detailed threat intelligence
- Enrich security alerts with vulnerability severity and exploitability data
- Support vulnerability management workflows with authoritative knowledge base data
Organizations running Preview versions should upgrade to benefit from Microsoft production support and enhanced monitoring capabilities.
Affected Files
Solutions/Qualys VM Knowledgebase/Data Connectors/QualysKB_ccf/QualysKB_ConnectorDefinition.json
Solutions/Qualys VM Knowledgebase/Data Connectors/QualysKB_ccf/QualysKB_PollingConfig.json
(packaging artefacts: 3.1.2.zip, ReleaseNotes.md, Solution_QualysKBtemplateSpec.json, mainTemplate.json)