For Sumedh Thakar, CISOs are risk managers. In his 23 years at Qualys, and five years as CEO, Thakar has seen his industry evolve, from IT and information security, to including a far broader range of risks, from geopolitics to business operations. As a cybersecurity vendor, Qualys is best known for its vulnerability detection and management. It helps enterprises identify risks in their applications, devices and cloud infrastructure.