From Visibility to Action: How AI and Automation Are Reshaping Enterprise Security
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<div style="padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Shailesh Athalye on Aligning Risk Management With Business Impact at Qualys | ROCon 2025" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1128895601?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><p><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script></p><p data-start="501" data-end="756">Alan speaks with Shailesh Athalye, senior vice president of product management at Qualys, about how AI, automation, and integrated platforms are redefining the way enterprises approach cybersecurity and risk management.</p><div class="code-block code-block-13" style="margin: 8px 0; clear: both;"> <style> .ai-rotate {position: relative;} .ai-rotate-hidden {visibility: hidden;} .ai-rotate-hidden-2 {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} .ai-list-data, .ai-ip-data, .ai-filter-check, .ai-fallback, .ai-list-block, .ai-list-block-ip, .ai-list-block-filter {visibility: hidden; position: absolute; width: 50%; height: 1px; top: -1000px; z-index: -9999; margin: 0px!important;} .ai-list-data, .ai-ip-data, .ai-filter-check, .ai-fallback {min-width: 1px;} </style> <div class="ai-rotate ai-unprocessed ai-timed-rotation ai-13-1" data-info="WyIxMy0xIiwxXQ==" style="position: relative;"> <div class="ai-rotate-option" style="visibility: hidden;" data-index="1" data-name="U2hvcnQ=" data-time="MTA="> <div class="custom-ad"> <div style="margin: auto; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.techstrongevents.com/cruisecon-virtual-west-2025/home?ref=in-article-ad-2&utm_source=sb&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=in-article-ad-2" target="_blank"><img src="https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Banner-770x330-social-1.png" alt="Cruise Con 2025"></a></div> <div class="clear-custom-ad"></div> </div></div> </div> </div><p data-start="758" data-end="1167">Athalye notes that many organizations still operate in fragmented security environments—managing a patchwork of tools that generate endless alerts but little insight. The challenge, he says, isn’t a lack of data but the inability to correlate it meaningfully across hybrid environments. Modern enterprises need more than visibility; they need context and automation that help them act decisively.</p><p data-start="1169" data-end="1662">He explains how Qualys is addressing this by unifying detection, response, and risk assessment into a single platform powered by AI-driven analytics. This approach allows organizations to prioritize vulnerabilities based on exploitability, automatically deploy remediations, and continuously measure cyber risk. The goal, Athalye emphasizes, is not to replace human expertise but to augment it—freeing security teams from manual, repetitive work so they can focus on strategy and resilience.</p><p data-start="1664" data-end="1973">They also touch on the evolution of cyber hygiene as a business imperative. As regulatory pressure mounts and attack surfaces expand, organizations are realizing that resilience isn’t about reacting faster—it’s about building systems that prevent small issues from cascading into major breaches.</p><p data-start="1975" data-end="2205">Athalye argues that AI will be central to this shift. By automating the correlation of massive telemetry sets and continuously refining risk models, security teams can finally keep pace with attackers operating at machine speed.</p><p data-start="2207" data-end="2464">For enterprises striving to mature their security posture, his message is clear: the future of cyber resilience lies in connected intelligence—where visibility, context, and automation work together to turn defense into a continuous, proactive discipline.</p><div class="spu-placeholder" style="display:none"></div><div class="addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_20 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://securityboulevard.com/2025/10/from-visibility-to-action-how-ai-and-automation-are-reshaping-enterprise-security/" data-a2a-title="From Visibility to Action: How AI and Automation Are Reshaping Enterprise Security"><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2025%2F10%2Ffrom-visibility-to-action-how-ai-and-automation-are-reshaping-enterprise-security%2F&linkname=From%20Visibility%20to%20Action%3A%20How%20AI%20and%20Automation%20Are%20Reshaping%20Enterprise%20Security" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2025%2F10%2Ffrom-visibility-to-action-how-ai-and-automation-are-reshaping-enterprise-security%2F&linkname=From%20Visibility%20to%20Action%3A%20How%20AI%20and%20Automation%20Are%20Reshaping%20Enterprise%20Security" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2025%2F10%2Ffrom-visibility-to-action-how-ai-and-automation-are-reshaping-enterprise-security%2F&linkname=From%20Visibility%20to%20Action%3A%20How%20AI%20and%20Automation%20Are%20Reshaping%20Enterprise%20Security" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_reddit" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2025%2F10%2Ffrom-visibility-to-action-how-ai-and-automation-are-reshaping-enterprise-security%2F&linkname=From%20Visibility%20to%20Action%3A%20How%20AI%20and%20Automation%20Are%20Reshaping%20Enterprise%20Security" title="Reddit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityboulevard.com%2F2025%2F10%2Ffrom-visibility-to-action-how-ai-and-automation-are-reshaping-enterprise-security%2F&linkname=From%20Visibility%20to%20Action%3A%20How%20AI%20and%20Automation%20Are%20Reshaping%20Enterprise%20Security" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div>