Streamline Cloud Risk Operations with Azure Linux and Qualys: Code to Cloud Security at Scale

Presented by

Flora Taagen – Product Manager – Azure Linux & Spencer Brown – Principal Product Manager – Cloud Agent, Qualys & Abhinav Mishra – Director of Product Management – Container Security, Qualys

About this talk

Join Microsoft and Qualys for a strategic session unveiling our latest integration: full support for Azure Linux—Microsoft’s attested and signed OS purpose-built for secure, cloud-native workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Discover how Azure Linux, together with the Azure Operations Center, simplifies infrastructure management, reduces your cloud attack surface, and enforces a trusted software supply chain. Then see how Qualys builds on this foundation by delivering unified visibility, intelligent risk prioritization, and real-time protection—empowering your teams to drive secure, scalable cloud operations with confidence. In this joint session, Microsoft and Qualys will walk through the architectural and operational implications of full Azure Linux support within the Qualys platform. What you'll learn:
  • New Capabilities: What native support for Azure Linux means for DevOps, security, and platform teams operating in AKS environments.
  • Architectural Impact: How Azure Linux’s lightweight, attested design streamlines secure containerized workloads on AKS.
  • Security Outcomes: How Qualys enables continuous posture management, TruRisk™-driven prioritization, container runtime insights, and attack path analysis—without adding operational complexity.
  • Operational Efficiency: Practical strategies for scaling compliance and accelerating remediation across distributed cloud environments.
  • Activation Guidance: A step-by-step walkthrough for enabling Azure Linux support and securing workloads end-to-end.
  • Whether you're designing cloud-native systems, leading DevSecOps adoption, or ensuring runtime protection in production, this session will offer a pragmatic blueprint to simplify and secure Azure-based architectures—leveraging the combined strengths of Azure Linux and Qualys.
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