Tenable Security Center and Microsoft Defender for Cloud are both in the cybersecurity category. Microsoft Defender for Cloud seems to have the upper hand due to better overall value and integration with Azure.
Features: Tenable Security Center offers robust vulnerability assessments, extensive customization, and detailed insights. Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides enhanced threat protection, superior integration within Azure environments, and broader cloud security features.
Room for Improvement: Tenable Security Center could improve reporting capabilities, policy updates, and interface usability. Microsoft Defender for Cloud users suggest enhancing interface efficiency, streamline alert management, and improve support responsiveness.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tenable Security Center requires more initial setup time but offers supportive customer service. Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides a faster setup, especially within Azure, though some users find customer support less responsive.
Pricing and ROI: Tenable Security Center is priced on the higher end with mixed feedback on ROI due to its comprehensive features. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is cost-effective, offering integration advantages and broader coverage, delivering better ROI for Azure users.
Even for high-severity cases, response or resolution time can extend to three or four weeks.
The support team was very responsive to queries.
Being a Microsoft partner company, we have direct lines into Microsoft.
There is always room for more transparency, especially in pricing.
I recommend that they extend the scope for legacy infra assets.
The reports and plugins for reports and scans could benefit from enhancements.
We are using infrastructure as a code, so we do not have any scalability issues with Microsoft Defender for Cloud implementation because our cloud automatically does it.
The solution seems scalable.
Every time we consider expanding usage, we carefully evaluate the necessity due to cost concerns.
The product is somewhat pricey, reflecting its valuable features and status as a high-quality solution in the vulnerability management market.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is very stable.
Microsoft sometimes changes settings or configurations without transparency.
The most valuable feature is the recommendations provided on how to improve security.
The most valuable feature for me is the variety of APIs available.
The most valuable features are the different plans it offers and the visibility within them, such as the Defender for Servers plan includes capabilities for vulnerability findings on machines and configurations at the OS level.
Tenable Security Center provides an overall score of vulnerabilities, comparing an organization with others in the same industry.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for cloud workloads. It offers real-time visibility into the security posture of cloud environments, enabling organizations to quickly identify and respond to potential threats. With its advanced machine learning capabilities, Microsoft Defender for Cloud can detect and block sophisticated attacks, including zero-day exploits and fileless malware.
The solution also provides automated remediation capabilities, allowing security teams to quickly and easily respond to security incidents. With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, organizations can ensure the security and compliance of their cloud workloads, while reducing the burden on their security teams.
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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.
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