Tenable Security Center Reviews

It's a management tool. We are more scalable with the Tenable.io product. They are a security vendor with more than one cloud level. Now there are multiple products in my area.

It adheres to advanced security standards. It's mostly geared towards on-premise solutions rather than cloud-based ones. Many enterprises create views solely for internal units and prefer using internal tools without relying on external ones. It is chosen for its comprehensive system-wide solution. It continuously updates its sources to maintain current solutions. Security and confidentiality are top priorities; they avoid external leaks of information. Despite the misconception that such tools are primarily for cloud environments, Tenable manages its systems internally. This makes it a highly valuable asset in the field of data centers and database security, leveraging its own data centers effectively.

They have their own servers and prioritize trust. They address every compliance concern and offer options for automated and manual assessments. Tenable Security Center supports a wide range of applications and servers, capable of comprehensive scanning and handling of vulnerabilities. It can scan against the CI benchmark and provides standard dashboards for general product monitoring and scanning.

They are not currently handling call flows properly. Some call flows are being deleted from the registry but still show as active. Support is also lacking in onboarding properly in this area. This issue causes confusion and reflects poorly on their service. 

I have been using Tenable Security Center since 2014.

The solution is stable.

It is scalable for management in the market, compared to other products.

The initial setup is not easy because everything is on-premise. We need to enable specific ports for the engineering product, which are critical for internal purposes and cannot be easily changed. This complexity remains confined to the client side, where applications may require reboots.

Another issue arises with scanning and agent communication. While some agents communicate effectively with the Security Center, delays occur when numerous users access the service simultaneously, impacting real-time updates.

Managing involves two scanners and one dedicated server, requiring a week for proper setup and two personnel to maintain the system effectively.

While some clients focus solely on developing large-scale software solutions, the industrial sector is vast. Industries such as manufacturing and green technologies prioritize systematic design, maintenance of accounts, blueprints, and business identities—all of which necessitate robust data security. The investment in securing their data is crucial, ensuring that sensitive information remains protected from potential threats. Monitoring and documenting activities through systems like gateway or dedicated servers help management stay informed about ongoing operations and potential risks.

For enterprise customers, it's acceptable. However, for smaller enterprises or businesses, the budget may be too restrictive to consider such extensive solutions. When proposing to small-scale industries, they often show disinterest even when we offer a POC or trial. This reluctance is primarily due to cost considerations, which larger enterprises can manage more easily.

Tenable supports integrations with tools like Jira and Symantec, which are relatively easy to implement. However, when it comes to other cloud services beyond AWS and Azure, such as Oracle, support is less robust. Personal or niche cloud platforms may not receive adequate support.

There's a significant distinction between agent-based and non-agent-based approaches in Tenable's solutions. Agent-based scanning requires installation akin to antivirus software on servers, whereas non-agent-based methods operate differently. This difference impacts reporting and usability, particularly evident in Google Cloud environments where agent-based scanning is mandated.

Accessing and managing Tenable is straightforward for administrators, but specialist knowledge may be necessary for certain configurations or troubleshooting. Small-scale businesses implementing Tenable Security Center may find it cost-prohibitive compared to Tenable.io for cloud solutions, which offers more affordable options and promotions.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We use Tenable.sc to conduct vulnerability scanning for our networks, and applications, and for the data protection we need in our environment. We are customers of Tenable and I'm the assistant manager of network security.

It provides us with clear visibility across our environment.

The best feature is the advanced scanning for the network.

I think the web application should be improved because it's not very functional.

We've been using this solution for almost three years. 

The solution is stable.

We haven't had the need to test scalability.

The technical support is not very good. We didn't get a good response when we contacted them. We had to go through all their documentation and get the information we needed from external sources. 

Negative

The initial setup is not difficult, it's just a matter of downloading which takes around 25 minutes and then uploading the plugins which takes several hours. I'm the only one in the company that uses this product.

The licensing costs are not expensive. I think we pay around $9,000 USD for an annual subscription. There are no additional expenses.

My recommendation is to stick with the data scanning tool and not worry about downloading the other features. 

I rate this solution nine out of 10. 

Tenable.sc customers use when they need a complete in-house vulnerability management environment. It enables you to identify the applications and infrastructure within your organization, giving you greater control over your environment. Tenable.sc isn't on the cloud. Tenable.sc is deployed on a private cloud and used when regulations prevent keeping things on a public cloud. Two of my customers are using it currently. 

I like Tenable.sc's analytics and reporting. You can also configure your on-prem network monitors to talk to your Tenable.sc control panel.

I have used Tenable.sc for two years. 

The stability depends on your environment. It is typically stable, and I have not experienced any kind of issues. 

Tenable.sc is scalable, depending on your on-prem environment and how it is configured. You can scale as far as your configuration allows. 

I get the standard support that comes with all Tenable licenses. There isn't specialized support for Tenable.sc. It's decent.

Deploying Tenable.sc is highly complex because it's an on-prem solution, whereas Tenable.io is cloud-based, so you can go live as soon as you log in. Tenable.sc involves significant integration with other on-prem solutions, and the deployment takes about two to three weeks with the help of a system integrator

You need to set up your environment, including VMs or a physical server. If you have data centers spread across multiple sites and regions, you need to deploy a specific JPS at every location so the data can pass through the gateway and be captured in the central console on a private cloud or on-prem data center.

I rate Tenable.sc seven out of 10. I typically recommend Tenable.io instead, but Tenable.sc is an option if data regulations require you to use a private cloud or on-prem infrastructure. 

The reporting vulnerability is very helpful when you link it with the people who close it with the admin and support team, giving them the criticality to find how to close each item.  And it's up to date with all the vulnerabilities on the market thanks to prompt updates from the cloud.

In the next release, we would like to see the inclusion of external IPs and simplified reporting that's easier to deal with.

We have been using this solution for about two years.

The solution has been very stable up till now. I would give it nine or 10 out of 10 for scalability

For our size, it's scalable. It covers all the bank infrastructure and all that we have.

Two or three people from the security team manage the solution, but they extract it for the IT team to take action in different areas, including infrastructure and domain support. So 10 or more people assess the reports to fix the issues.

We are happy with the support from the Tenable side. But sometimes the vendor's people move between areas too often, causing occasional shortages on technical issues inside the country. When you raise tickets, the vendor sometimes takes some time to respond, but they are always helpful. 

Positive

Previously we used Rapid7, but we switched after comparing it with the solution because it had some additional features that we needed.

Overall, the initial setup was smooth and easy. Later we had to integrate it with other solutions in the system, but it didn't take long.

We had a consultant for two weeks at the beginning but in the end, we completed it, doing most of the work ourselves and gaining valuable experience. And, of course, we had to set up our systems inside the bank and the structure of the scope of the vulnerability, so that made it about a month.

Four people were involved in the deployment, two from the vendor and two from our team.

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

We paid for three years, mostly for the finances and sourcing, but all features are inclusive.

I would rate our licensing cost as eight on a scale of one to ten.

I would give the product an overall rating of nine out of 10.

The product is a very good solution. I would advise potential users to look at other solutions. The product is our second solution, and we are happy that it meets our requirements.

We use the solution for patch and vulnerability management. We scan our critical systems, keep track of any exploitable vulnerabilities, and prioritize their remediation efforts in terms of patching. 

In the future, we hope to extend the solution to our cloud services. We are moving to Azure Cloud and planning to start a DevOps initiative that might include container deployment. We know Tenable has the CI/CD pipeline security support so we will seek that solution when we are ready. 

The solution has a lean and easy-to-use interface that is not confusing to first-time users.

The solution should include compliance-based scanning. 

I have been using the solution for three weeks but my company has been using it for one year. 

The solution is very stable. 

The solution is scalable and we are happy with the way it is operating. 

We currently have forty users and a team of four for maintenance. 

Technical support has been excellent and provides a lot of support when needed. 

The company was using OpenVAS, an open-source solution that is miles apart from Tenable. 

At a previous job, I used Rapid7 which compares strongly to Tenable. 

I did not handle the initial setup but know from previous implementations that setting up a vulnerability management solution can be somewhat complex because it involves loading assets, configuring the network, and authenticating.

The ROI is almost guaranteed because there is a lot of value in using the product and reporting that to our company. 

The price is reasonable based on our scope of work and how we use the solution. 

The rule is always garbage in, garbage out. Be sure to configure the solution well and take advantage of technical support to understand how things should work. Mistakes are made when people assume they know how to do things. I believe in using technical support to confirm the process and ensure everything is done correctly. 

I rate the solution a ten out of ten. 

I primarily use Tenable SC for vulnerability management i.e. to detect vulnerabilities in servers, workstations, and some IoT, produce, prioritize, and validate a mitigation strategy, and keep the mitigation on track so the CISO can detect changes in the posture. 

Tenable SC's most valuable features are the low number of false positives and the strong capability of providing prioritization for the vulnerabilities detected.

Tenable SC could be improved with additional connectivity to external company postures and the capability of managing and sustaining agents in the systems directly without additional platforms in the middle.

I've been working with Tenable SC for seven years. 

In seven years, we haven't had any problems with Tenable SC's stability. Sometimes a specific update doesn't feed exactly as expected, but the problem is always covered quickly by Tenable, and with a stable version, it's very, very stable.

Tenable SC's system can be multiplied by different installations and have on-top management and a single pane of glass. So it can scale with only one system - almost to half a million assets. And with multiple systems, we can have more than a million assets without problems.

Tenable's American technical support is excellent, though the European version is not quite as good as it takes longer to provide the right information.

Positive

The initial setup is very, very easy, even with the on-prem version, and depending on the customer's size and the complexity of the infrastructure, it can be done in one day.

Tenable SC can cut manpower costs on manual scans and analysis by more than half within one or two years.

Tenable SC is priced per asset, with the basic solution starting around US$12,000 for 500 assets. There's an additional cost for advanced support.

Tenable SC is suitable for medium and large companies, but it's not feasible for small ones. If you're in the US, I advise buying services from Tenable to implement the system instead of trying to implement it yourself. There are always some tricks that come with knowledge of the product that will make for a faster and better installation. Similarly, if you're in EMEA or Asia, please choose a good integrator. I would give Tenable SC a rating of nine out of ten.

I am using Tenable SC to detect vulnerabilities, and we are in the process of testing the solution.

The most valuable features of Tenable SC are the reports and the dashboards.

Tenable SC could improve by making the creation of the initial reports easier that correspond to our network.

I have been using Tenable SC for three months.

The stability of the solution is good. We have not had any problem.

We use the solution approximately 20 hours per week. We have three people that use the solution to do tests.

I have not used the support from Tenable SC.

I have used Nessus Professional previously. I prefer Tenable SC because it provides more information.

The setup of Tenable SC is easy.

We have a consultant in France that has helped us with the solution.

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.

This is a good solution for what I use it for. I would recommend it to others.

I rate Tenable SC a seven out of ten.

Tenable Security Center is aimed at IT environments. It can receive vulnerability information from Tenable OT and integrate it into a unified report covering both IT and OT environments.

The BPR prioritizes vulnerabilities. The ARCs and compliance reports are very helpful in complying with regulations and standards.

The valauble feature is compliance reporting system.

It does not natively support industrial protocols needed for OT environments. The reporting system is very powerful, though it could be more user-friendly for creating custom reports.

I have been using Tenable Security Center as a partner for five years.

It's very stable.

I rate the solution's stability an eight out of ten.

We cater the solution to medium and enterprise. We haven't seen issues with scalability.

I rate the solution's scalability an eight out of ten.

Deployment takes probably a couple of days. it can either be done for one person.

It requires the installation of its tools and console server, which can be either virtual or physical. You need to activate the licenses and update the tool for the latest plugins. Typical deployments may involve multiple scanners linked to the main console, depending on the customer's network. Additionally, customers might need to deploy agents which require a separate Center manager machine. While, there is a lot to set up, it can be done within a couple of days.

I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten.

It's very affordable.

Continuous monitoring is essential because new vulnerabilities are discovered every day, and even existing vulnerabilities can evolve. As new malware emerges, a vulnerability that seemed minor today might become critical tomorrow. The malware, and malicious activities are constantly changing. 

We cannot rely solely on the hardware or servers required to run Tenable Security Center because it is an on-premise solution.

It provides essential tools for vulnerability management and operates on-premises. This allows customers with requirements or audio restrictions to run Security Center on their premises. Additionally, the reporting system is highly advanced, and the compliance dashboards are extremely useful for meeting regulatory requirements. For example, banks and financial institutions prefer Security Center due to its robust reporting capabilities and on-premises operation.

I advise them to look into Tenable Security Center instead because it not only provides vulnerability management but also include other modules of Tenable, such as Tenable Identity, Tenable Cloud, etc. This allows for a single pane of view for the entire company, covering more than vulnerabilities and offering a comprehensive.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for vulnerability scanning across the network . 

A few months back, I conducted a Deployment on Tenable SecurityCenter for a Reputed  Private Bank. Also I had to teach the Usage and features and then show them how the scan things work and how results can help analyze and report. also helped developing some use case like Scheduling scan and email that to specific users for mitigation, Generating Alert for particular level of vulnerability etc.

Tenable has come a long way than we found earlier, Asset Criticality Report and Predictive Prioritization helps us finding the most critical loophols in minutes, Security Engineers can now focus more on Remediation. Less of false positive eases our vulnerability program and saved time.

In Tenable SecurityCenter, the Risk-based approach for Prioritizing vulnerability is something that is unique to any vulnerability management platform. Compared to Qualys and Rapid7, Tenable VPR is a special thing that those products don't have. The security over the CVSS and V1 and V2 with the VPR feature help an organization reveal the exact risk of any asset. There might be thousands of vulnerabilities, however, the most impactful vulnerabilities are listed and prioritized in the VPR. 

As tenable SecurityCenter is powered by popular Nessus technology, It is really easy to set up.

The solution is stable and considered as the most solid vulnerability management platform in the industry. 

Tenable.sc provides a wide range of dashboards which makes it easy to grasp the vulnerability profile of the organization. These dashboards allow us to view vulnerabilities in different categories in a simple to understand format. The upgrade to Tenable.sc+ has improved on this as well. Regularity of plugin updates are also exceptional. The speed at which tenable has pushed plugin updates and overall platform updates is great. Also the automatic update capability makes maintenance very simplified. Easy to use User interface. For someone who is not familiar with Tenable.sc, the interface is not difficult to follow along and the documentation makes it very simple for anyone

The solution has a very nice Asset discovery feature that gives you gives you unified visibility of your entire attack surface, As It leverages Nessus Sensors, a mix of active scanners, agents, passive network monitoring, and CMDB integrations to maximize scan coverage across your infrastructure to reduce vulnerability blind spots. This mix of data sensor types helps you track and assess both known and unknown assets and their vulnerabilities

The solution is a bit on the expensive site. In a country like  Bangladesh, most of the customers don't have a budget that could afford Tenable SecurityCenter. They'd rather go for Qualys and Nexpose, which cost less. The licensing policy is something they can improve. 

Support could be faster.

I've used the solution for last 5 years now. 

The solution is verry stable. That said, some customers complain about the results and how they are shown. Compared to Nessus, if a customer gets used to using Nessus, and then comes into Tenable SecurityCenter, then the compliance results are an area where they might find a difference. In Nessus, the compliance results are shown in past and failed. In Tenable.sc, it's shown in medium and high. This could be more clear. 

Tenable can be scaled easily, just to add additional IP's on the licensing and that's it.

I haven't really dealt much with technical support. In the initial stage, however, when I started deploying Tenable SecurityCenter, I faced a bit of a challenge implementing the Nessus Network Monitor. I figured it out, and now I don't have issues. 

Support is top-notch, however, in terms of response times, they are slow, and they need to be faster. 

Positive

I have also worked with Qualys for a long time.

In our country, People are yet not comfortable adopting SaaS/cloud based solutions also,there are some government jurisdictions that require data to be within the country and an on-prem solution is always needed for the organization. Other solutions, Qualys and Rapid7, are mainly cloud designed. Tenable SecurityCenter is the only solution that can be fully on-prem for small to mid Enterprises. 

Also, Tenable is better for compliance requirements in terms of regulations around vulnerability management. it has reporting on compliance with pre-defined checks, metrics and proactive alerts on violations for industry standards like CERT, NIST, DISA STIG, DHS CDM, FISMA, PCI DSS etc. and regulatory mandates. while it comes to other solutions i dint find the compliance feature as good as Tenable 

The initial setup is simple. It's not complex at all. 

You can go with the installer for Tenable SecurityCenter, which has an installer file for Linux and Unix platforms only. talking about the Nessus scanners, It can be deployed anywhere, including on Windows machines or Linux. There is not much of a challenge to it.

The time it takes to deploy varies. For example, what is the implementation size? How many IPs, and what are the sites? Those things change the timing. If it's a stand-alone setup, it can take around one to two hours to deploy. If you are also talking about onboarding the IPs, and scanning all those IPs, it can take a working day to complete.

The legecy container security is already in it's EOL, if it gets added to Tenable Security Center, users can take full toll of on prem container scanning.

Its cost depends on the Number of Assets. The licensing is per year. 

i had also worked and evaluated Qualys.

We sell Tenable.

I'm using something around version five. I have installed the demo version of it in my Docker.

The product really stands out in comparison to the competition. However, the price tag is a bit on the higher.

I would advise new users to scan all assets and grab the results and set up all security postures and do stats for mitigating those attacks which are critical. For the first time, I would recommend they go for the critical and high vulnerabilities first in order to mitigate effectively very early on. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

We use the product to scan threats and conduct risk assessments for NCA. 

Tenable Security Center scans networks and gives reports. 

The solution is expensive. 

I haven't contacted the support team yet. 

Tenable Security Center's deployment is easy. 

The tool costs around 15,000 Saudi riyals monthly. 

I rate Tenable Security Center a five out of ten.