Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) vs Tenable Security Center comparison

Cisco and Tenable are both solutions in the Risk-Based Vulnerability Management category. Cisco is ranked #18, while Tenable is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4. Cisco holds a 2.8% mindshare in RBVM, compared to Tenable’s 30.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) and Tenable Security Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Vulnerability Managem...

Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management

18th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cisco Security Portfolio (11th)

Tenable Security Center

Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (4th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Risk-Based Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) is 2.8%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Security Center is 30.3%, down from 37.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AshishPaliwal

Self-employed at Self-employed

Offers contextual prioritization and risk-based remediation of vulnerability

An improvement would be some sort of an integration with any GRC suite. There are a lot of GRC suites available, like Archer, MetricStream, Rsam, Protiviti, for example. So how would a solution like this work if my company has already invested thousands or maybe millions in a GRC solution? Do I still need it and how does it fit into an existing SAP environment? There could be interoperability, having more data sources, integrating Splunk, Qualys, FireEye, Rapid7, Carbon Black. I'm sure all that can be done to an extent, with a little more insight and a little more accuracy on the industry numbers and trends. I'd like the solution to offer any sort of assistance in any way with the remediation part, not just identification of vulnerability risk, and that is second.

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JoaoManso

CIO / IT Consultant at RedShift

Good dashboards, reporting, and technical support, with a low rate of errors

Parallel scanning would be a nice improvement because it would speed up the detection process. It is not possible to search for vulnerabilities and do compliance checking at the same time. Rather, they are done one after the other. The integration is very good, although it still needs to improve. For example, it would be useful to have better integration with other tools in the space of identity management (IAM). As it is now, integration with new tools has to be developed specifically, so it's not easy. We would like to see better collection capability for external data that will help to improve detection and discovery.

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Pros

"The risk context of any vulnerability is a valuable feature."

"Initial setup was pretty straightforward."

"The solution is very intuitive and the dashboards are simple to use."

"Feature-wise, Tenable Security Center is a very fast tool with many dashboards and reports, and it covers all our systems."

"Compliance and vulnerability scans are most valuable. Compliance scan helps in validating how our teams are complying, and vulnerability scan helps in future-proofing. Its vulnerability detection is accurate."

"The product is our second solution, and we are happy that it meets our requirements."

"The most valuable feature of the product is the Assurance Report Card, which gives us an overview of the security poster in just a simple glance."

"Has a great advanced scanning feature."

"One of the most valuable features is their distributed scan model for allotting engines to work together as a pool and handle multiple scans at once, across multiple environments. Automatic scanning distribution is a distinguishing feature of their toolset."

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Cons

"An improvement would be some sort of an integration with any GRC suite."

"Its reporting can be improved. It is not easy to generate a scan report the way we want. The data is okay, but we can't easily change the template to make it look the way we want."

"The solution needs to improve its support. I would like to see a bird's eye view of my network architecture. I would also like to see the continuous view feature in the tool."

"The GUI could be improved to have all concerns and priorities use the same GUI, allowing them to see all tickets, assign vulnerabilities, and assign variation failures to each member of their team."

"Certain aspects require manual effort, such as exporting and analyzing data for our dashboards. The built-in components of the Tenable solution are somewhat clumsy that require external tools. So, this is an area of improvement."

"I will say it's a lot slower compared to an MS scan. It takes so much longer, so the performance could definitely be worked on."

"The pricing is reasonable, but this could be brought down more aggressively, such as we see with Rapid7, Tenable SC's main competitor."

"There's a lot of information being streamed out of the reports. What would be nice, and maybe we just haven't found it, would be more of an executive-type view. We still expect it to collect all this information, but we would like a feature that would allow us to show it to an executive or a director or someone like that and give them some type of high-level overview but not get into the nitty-gritty."

"The vulnerability scan does not work correctly until the access privileges are set by the system administrator."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the pricing is based on the number of endpoints, so it's more subscription-based."

"The pricing is more than Nexpose."

"We're a Fortune 500 company... our licensing costs [are] in the seven figures."

"It is a bit expensive. Everything is included in the license."

"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs. The pricing of the solution falls in the mid-range level, so it is not too expensive"

"We're happy with the licensing cost and find it affordable."

"Compared to other companies or other products it could maybe be a little bit less, but the price is okay. I would say it's not very expensive."

"The price of Tenable SC is expensive, we pay approximately €70,000 for the license annually. We have to pay for each IP test. The cost of other solutions is far less, such as Nessus Professional, which is €3,000 annually."

"Costing is pretty reasonable compared to the competition."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

22%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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What do you like most about Tenable SC?

The tool's dashboard and reporting capabilities match our company's needs since we are able to modify the basic view to create a new dashboard, and it works out very well for our needs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable SC?

The product is somewhat pricey, reflecting its valuable features and status as a high-quality solution in the vulnerability management market.

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What needs improvement with Tenable SC?

While Tenable Security Center is highly effective, there is always room for continuous improvements. The reports and plugins for reports and scans could benefit from enhancements. Overall, it is a ...

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Also Known As

Kenna.VM, Kenna Security, Kenna, Kenna Security Platform

Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter

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Overview

Cisco Vulnerability Management equips you with the contextual insight and threat intelligence needed to intercept the next exploit and respond with precision.

Prioritization is no longer a dark art—it's data science. Advanced algorithms, combined with rich internal and external intel, offer recommended fixes that will lower risk in as few moves as possible.

Track vulnerability fluctuations and forecast weaponization with up to 94% accuracy, giving you the chance to remediate high-risk vulnerabilities before bad actors can mount an attack.

With more than 19 threat intelligence feeds at your fingertips, you gain a comprehensive view of emerging threats, shifting trends, and your own risk profile.

A single source of data-verified truth aligns security and IT, eliminating friction and freeing up resources. And intuitive, simplified risk scores help you generate reports anyone can understand.

Get a risk-based view of your IT, security and compliance posture so you can quickly identify, investigate and prioritize your most critical assets and vulnerabilities.

Managed on-premises and powered by Nessus technology, the Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) suite of products provides the industry’s most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your network. It’s your complete end-to-end vulnerability management solution.

Sample Customers

TransUnion

IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific

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