Turn Scanner Findings into Validated Risk with Synack and Qualys

A year since launching Synack’s integration with Qualys, our partnership now includes broader platform support, more AI-led testing, and a shared presence at Qualys ROCon Americas 2026 on October 13-15.

We’ve added support for Qualys Web Application Scanning alongside Vulnerability Management and extended the integration to Qualys FedRAMP Government Platform customers. More Synack customers are now putting Sara AI Pentesting to work on their Qualys findings, turning scan output into confirmed, exploitable risk.

From Qualys Scan Result to Confirmed Exploitable Vulnerability

At a high level, Qualys provides breadth across the attack surface, and Synack applies AI-assisted and human-led testing on top of that visibility to confirm what’s exploitable.

For customers, the integration:

1. Connects. A Synack admin adds Qualys credentials and the API URL under Integrations in the Synack Platform.
2. Imports. Run a one-time import, or enable daily import. Optional severity and asset tag filters limit what comes across.
3. Triages. Findings in the Scanner Findings list are submitted to Sara for exploitability analysis.
4. Validates. Synack researchers review what Sara marks exploitable to remove false positives and duplicates.
5. Verifies. Confirmed findings carry remediation guidance, and Synack verifies the patch once it ships.

Here’s how it works: Qualys Vulnerability Management and Web Application Scanning works across host and web resources, compiling threat intelligence and assigning the Qualys Detection Score. The integration then imports vulnerabilities into the Scanner Findings list in the Synack Platform. Once there, findings are connected to the assets they affect and can be submitted to Sara AI Pentesting for exploitability triage. Synack researchers review what Sara marks exploitable, so the vulnerabilities that reach your team are confirmed rather than suspected. Synack then provides exposure analysis, remediation recommendations and patch verification for those findings.

Every Finding Is Validated

Sara analyzes each submitted finding for exploitability and assigns it a status. That turns a long list of scanner output into a short list of confirmed risk, plus a clear record of the rest that were set aside. Synack’s vulnerability operations team and the Synack Red Team review findings that Sara marks exploitable, before they appear on your Exploitable Vulnerabilities page.

• Exploitable: confirmed reachable and usable by an attacker. Goes to human review, then to your team.
• Not exploitable: present, but existing conditions or controls prevent exploitation.
• Unreachable: the affected asset couldn’t be reached during testing.
• Out of scope: the asset sits outside the agreed testing scope.
• Not applicable: the finding doesn’t apply to the asset as deployed.

Joint customers benefit from the reach of automated scanning and the certainty of AI-assisted and human-led testing, without maintaining that connection themselves. Overall there’s less noise and clearer priorities, so your triage effort goes toward what matters most rather than the longest list.

Who Can Use the Integration

The integration is for organizations running both the Synack Platform and Qualys, with support for Qualys Vulnerability Management and/or Qualys Web Application Scanning as two separate connectors. It requires an active Synack PTaaS subscription, a valid Qualys VM or WAS subscription, the Synack Admin role, and Qualys API credentials. FedRAMP customers on the Qualys Government Platform can use the integration through the FedRAMP Synack Portal.

Meet Synack at Qualys ROCon Americas 2026

Synack will be at the Synack booth in the Partner Pavilion throughout Qualys ROCon Americas 2026, October 13-15 in Austin, Texas. Stop by to talk through the integration, or book time with our team if you’d rather skip the show floor.

To learn more, visit the Synack and Qualys integration page or Sara AI Pentesting.

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