Sumedh Thakar is President and CEO of Qualys, bringing a deep technical background and a passion for building scalable security platforms. Since joining the company in its early days, he has led its evolution through product innovation, global engineering expansion, and integrated cybersecurity capabilities. He holds five U.S. patents and is widely recognized for his contributions to modern vulnerability management.
Insights from Sumedh Thakar
AI vs. The Exploit Timeline.
Sumedh Thakar, President and CEO of Qualys joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices at the RSAC Conference 2026. He explains how attackers are outpacing traditional patching timelines with exploits emerging before fixes exist, and why organizations must shift to AI-driven, autonomous remediation and risk prioritization to focus on truly exploitable threats and close the growing gap between detection and response.
Cybersecurity Executive Orders
Tim Starks from CyberScoop discusses executive orders on cybersecurity and the future of CISA.
UN Cybercrime Treaty
Tim Starks, Senior Reporter from CyberScoop, joins us today to discuss a new United Nations cybercrime treaty and his outlook for 2025.
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