#1 most frequent
United States of America
52.6%4,492 installations of 8,546
What is Tenable Security Center?
Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) from Tenable Network Security in Baltimore, presents a vulnerabiliy management option used to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk to businesses. It is managed on premises.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Network Analytics
Analyzes various data reports and logs (DNS, firewall, user data, security information etc.) to identify threats in a network.
Category average: 7.8
Threat Recognition
Detection and recognition of malicious software within a network that could pose a threat to sensitive information.
Category average: 7.9
Automated Alerts and Reporting
Systems in place to automatically alert, report, or notify of issues that may need timely remediation.
Category average: 8.1
Areas for Improvement
Vulnerability Classification
Prioritizing vulnerabilities, to determine which vulnerabilities are most urgent and require a quicker resolution.
Category average: 8.7
Automated Threat Identification
Leveraging multiple sources of information (such as threat intelligence databases) to automatically identify threats.
Category average: 7.8
Authentication
Authentication of users and services within a network to prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced to the network.
Category average: 8.1
Who Buys & Uses Tenable Security Center
#2 most frequent
India
7.5%639 installations of 8,546
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.3%451 installations of 8,546
Industry leading centralized platform for management of Digital assets which accurately identify, investigate, and prioritize vulnerabilities.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Tenable Security Center is primary used in our company as a unified vulnerability management platform to manage multiple Nessus scanners and to integrate with other solution solutions. Tenable Security Center provides centralized platform for management of asset repositories, configuration of scan policies, user management , dashboards and report management. Tenable Security Center provides holistic view of overall security posture in one central location using dashboards and reports with hundreds of built in templates.
Pros
- Nessus Scan Engine is efficient and accurate, and provides comprehensive vulnerability assessments.
- Provides visibility and real-time monitoring of digital assets
- provide a comprehensive view of risks using Vulnerability priority rating (VPR)
Cons
- Policies are very complex and different component has be be configured separately to create a scan policy
- Documentation is complex to follow
- Tenable Security Center is a great product but support needs some improvement to help business user to configure and implement solution as per business requirements.
Return on Investment
- Having a full visibility on your assets and potential vulnerabilities provides 90% confidence of reduced attach surface
Usability
Best VM tool to find the gaps in your infra: Tenable.sc
Pros
- On-premises solution
- Customized reports based upon standard industry regularities.
- Continuous asset discovery
- Passive scanning
Cons
- Centralized vulnerability management with sensors.
- Network health assessment and Incident response.
- For alerting or notification, it should also support the SMS gateway.
Most Important Features
- Pre-defined checks for industry standards and regulatory mandates, such as CERT, PCI DSS, HIPAA, etc.
- Tenable.sc supports multiple scanning options, including passive network monitoring, non-credentialed and credentialed scanning for deep analysis, and configuration auditing.
- Anomaly/malware detection
Return on Investment
- Highly customizable dashboards/reports
- Predictive prioritization
- Out of box integration
- Active and passive scanning
- Continuous monitoring
Alternatives Considered
Qualys Private Cloud Platform
Other Software Used
Qualys Private Cloud Platform, Tenable.io, Rapid7 InsightVM (Nexpose)
Maximum EndPoint Visibility with Tenable.sc
Pros
- Vulnerability management from one place
- Maximum endpoint visibility
- Easy to set up and plan the structure
- Support desk quickly responses
- Well-prepared documentation
- Broad scanning type
- Supports various compliance standards
- User groups allows coordination between teams
Cons
- Tagging and naming all the endpoints takes time
Return on Investment
- Maximum endpoint visibility with a little investment
Alternatives Considered
Nessus and Tenable.io
Other Software Used
Splunk Enterprise, Nessus, Netsparker
Tenable.sc is the best vulnerability management solution in the market
Pros
- Reporting.
- Dashboards.
- It gives you control of your environment.
Cons
- Tenable could make it easier to report on missing reg key.
- Tenable can also make it easier to report on os level patches vs application patches.
Return on Investment
- Easy to implement.
- Competitive pricing vs competitors.
Alternatives Considered
Rapid7 Nexpose and Qualys Cloud Platform (formerly Qualysguard)
Other Software Used
Cb Defense, Netskope, Anomali Threat Platform
Tenable SC, well worth the cost
Pros
- Identifies vulnerabilities
- Measures CIS Compliance
- Vast majority of reporting capabilities
Cons
- Big Learning Curve
- Unable to do AWS or other cloud scanning
Most Important Features
- Customizable
- Very fine access control
- May different ways to view data
Return on Investment
- It has greatly increased our ability to remediate vulnerabilities with the various data points it provides.
- We can now get the right vulnerabilities in front of the right teams due to it's access control, which greatly reduces how long a vulnerability is in our environment.
Alternatives Considered
Rapid7 InsightVM (Nexpose) and Tenable.io
Other Software Used
Tenable.io, CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection, KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training