Policy Compliance by Qualys is a cloud-based cybersecurity solution that automates compliance assessments and risk reduction through continuous monitoring and assessment of security controls across IT systems. The solution enables organizations to maintain compliance with internal policies and external regulations through automated detection and assessment of databases, middleware instances, and configurations across hybrid environments, including on-premises systems, endpoints, clouds, and container environments. It provides automatic detection and remediation of misconfigurations with built-in scripts and customization capabilities to comply with NIST CSF 2.0 Respond and Recover Functions, while demonstrating repeatable and trackable processes for configuration checks on endpoint systems.