Qualys vs Xcitium

About Xcitium

Xcitium sells a zero trust cybersecurity platform that protects endpoints, networks and cloud workloads from zero-day threats by isolating unknown files until they are analyzed and given a verdict. Xcitium says it exists to ensure that people can embrace technology fully, without the shadow of insecurity hanging over them.

Xcitium describes its approach as zero trust auto-containment. Xcitium isolates unknowns at run-time until they are analyzed and given a verdict of good or bad. Unknowns are allowed to execute in virtual resources, where they cannot do any damage. Xcitium says its approach allows executables to run in virtualized containers where they cannot do any damage.

Xcitium contrasts this with traditional detection-based security. Xcitium says traditional security models only recognize and prevent known malware, leaving organizations vulnerable to unknown threats. Xcitium says there is always a lag when new malware is introduced before a solution can be created. Xcitium says the zero-day threat lag leaves systems unprotected during that window.

Xcitium offers US and EU versions of the Xcitium Enterprise Platform, and US and EU versions of a New Xcitium MSP Platform. Xcitium says its Zero Trust Auto Containment protects endpoints, networks and cloud workloads from zero-day threats and lets customers run their business without fear of malware or ransomware.^[1]

On the endpoint side, Xcitium offers ZeroDwell Containment, EPP and Next-Gen EDR to give full context of an attack and how hackers are attempting to breach a network. Xcitium monitors endpoint device activities and policy violations and provides threat hunting and SOC services with 24/7 threat management. Xcitium offers Managed SOC services for MSPs and MSSPs. Xcitium also offers outsourced zero trust managed security with options for protecting endpoints, clouds and networks.^[1][5]

Xcitium Complete XDR uses a 24x7x365 team of SOC analysts to conduct in-depth investigations. Xcitium's XDR platform lets its respondents automate the forensic collection process, block activity in real-time, isolate endpoints from the network and execute custom commands. Xcitium's cybersecurity experts continuously hunt through generated logs looking for anomalous and suspicious activity across a customer's organization. Xcitium baselines a customer's environment for known good behavior and alerts on deviations outside those recorded patterns. Xcitium's incident response team conducts in-depth forensic investigations and provides a detailed timeline of attack activity derived from digital forensics. Xcitium says its Verdict Cloud integration checks process execution through hash submission.^[6]

For cloud workloads, Xcitium's Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) provides automated zero trust cloud security for cloud-based applications and cloud workloads, including infrastructure DevOps from code to runtime.^[5]

Xcitium names customers on its case studies. Gem State Paper & Supply is a family-owned janitorial paper and supply distribution company with over 75 employees serving customers in the Northwest region of the United States. The Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre is a non-profit healthcare organization located in Southwestern Ontario.^[1][5][6]