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RSA Archer vs Tenable Security Center comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
RSA Archer enhances efficiency and ROI through process automation, risk mitigation, rapid deployment, and customizable solutions, boosting client retention.
Sentiment score
7.2
Tenable Security Center boosts ROI by reducing costs, enhancing security, ensuring compliance, and preventing breaches with comprehensive asset visibility.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
RSA Archer's customer service is generally well-rated but has occasional slow response times and room for improvement.
Sentiment score
7.4
Tenable Security Center's support is responsive and efficient, with room for improvement, particularly in international and standard support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
RSA Archer is scalable across departments, but complexity and resources affect ease of implementation in different environments.
Sentiment score
8.2
Tenable Security Center is highly scalable, easily supporting large environments with proper setup, despite initial network adjustments.
Scalability is a bit limited with Tenable Security Center.
 

Stability Issues

No sentiment score available
Sentiment score
8.0
Tenable Security Center is stable, with minor bugs and performance issues; user ratings range from eight to ten.
 

Room For Improvement

RSA Archer users seek enhanced graphics, reporting, UI improvements, simplified search, better integrations, customization, and international language support.
Users seek easier integration, improved UI, better support, flexible reporting, and enhanced features for Tenable Security Center.
It's important for Tenable to catch up on testing capabilities that are present in solutions like Qualys.
The reports and plugins for reports and scans could benefit from enhancements.
 

Setup Cost

Tenable Security Center is expensive, with costs from $13,000 to over $100,000, depending on asset count and license type.
The initial purchase is cheap.
The product is somewhat pricey, reflecting its valuable features and status as a high-quality solution in the vulnerability management market.
The cost of Tenable Security Center is reasonable for our company.
 

Valuable Features

RSA Archer excels in workflow, configurability, integration, and automation, enhancing governance, risk management, and operational efficiency through user-friendly features.
Tenable Security Center offers robust vulnerability scanning, user-friendly dashboards, and seamless third-party integration with low false positives.
Tenable Security Center provides an overall score of vulnerabilities, comparing an organization with others in the same industry.
The most effective feature of Tenable Security Center for detecting vulnerabilities is its capability for critical mapping.
 

Categories and Ranking

RSA Archer
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
GRC (1st), IT Governance (1st), IT Vendor Risk Management (2nd)
Tenable Security Center
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (4th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (12th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. RSA Archer is designed for GRC and holds a mindshare of 16.5%, down 18.3% compared to last year.
Tenable Security Center, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 30.1% mindshare, down 38.2% since last year.
GRC
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Raviteja Nekkanti - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly, minimal learning curve and good for security assessment
My use case is for security assessment. It's my daily task. I use it for security assessment in Azure. We have tickets where users need to submit details about an application, computer, or server. For Archer, my direct task is to assess the security risk of an application, infrastructure, or…
Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans
Additional costs are associated with using the solution, as additional scanners are required for different endpoints connected to the Tenable Security Center. If Tenable Security Center could extract information from these scanners automatically rather than manually, it would enhance user-friendliness for customers. For example, suppose I manually conducted CIS hardening or compliance scoring in a separate data centre. These scores should also be reflected in the Tenable Security Center dashboard. Since the scanner is connected to the Tenable Security Center, the dashboard should display the direct scan results from the general security centre and the connected scanners. There could be unusual activities or attacks with the rising AI-related issues or threats that the Tenable Security Center could track in the future.
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Answers from the Community

Jairo Willian Pereira - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 6, 2021
Nov 6, 2021
Yes, take a look at DeepSurface. It’s designed to automate the process.
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JD
Feb 5, 2021
Yes, take a look at DeepSurface. It’s designed to automate the process. 
Nov 6, 2021
Clear use with the NIST compliance framework, Archer IRM 6.9.sp3.p2, use of pre-processing out of Archer and now integration with agnostic tools.  FOSS or premium brands - all depends on your supply chain risk.  Support for qualitative nice to get a bow-tie on when quantitative data works for you. Add your methods, AWARE, FAIR, COBIT, ATT&CK; all visuals.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
53%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Educational Organization
22%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about RSA Archer?
It has various valuable features. For example, showing us if a control aligns with specific standards or frameworks helps us understand it better and verify its compliance.
What needs improvement with RSA Archer?
The user interface needs work. There are many small text boxes, like credit card size's boxes, where we need to input a lot of text. You can't see what you're typing beyond the tiny window, so you ...
What is your primary use case for RSA Archer?
We primarily use the system control module and specific IT control models for ongoing risk assessment activities. We use it on a day-to-day basis.
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.
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.
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 ...
 

Also Known As

Archer
Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter
 

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Sample Customers

T-Systems, Bridge Point, Equifax, First Data, Global Imaging Company, Manulife Financial
IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific
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