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Cloud Agent, now in a Container: Host Security for Nodes You Can’t Touch
Qualys has released its Cloud Agent as a container image deployable to Kubernetes clusters via DaemonSet, enabling vulnerability management and policy audit on immutable and mutable Linux nodes without installing host packages. The containerized agent covers container-optimized operating systems such as AWS Bottlerocket and Google Container-Optimized OS, as well as traditional RPM- and Debian-based distributions, across both Intel x64 and ARM architectures. Deployment occurs through Kubernetes manifests or Helm charts, allowing automatic coverage as nodes join or leave the cluster.
Why it matters: Platform and security teams managing Kubernetes clusters with ephemeral or immutable nodes now have visibility into host-OS vulnerabilities and compliance drift without breaking the immutability guarantees or container-native deployment models they rely on.
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