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Updated 26th February 2025
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Director of Project Management
250M - 500M USD, IT ServicesFAVORABLE
“Reliable and accurate vulnerability scanner - best results with a well-planned deployment”
Tenable Nessus remains one of the most reliable vulnerability scanners we´ve used. Vulnerability detection coverage is broad and accurate, with frequent plugin updates that keep pace with emerging threats. Asset integration works well across on-prem and hybrid environments. Compliance reporting covers major frameworks out of the box. Some tuning is needed to reduce noise, but overall it delivers solid risk assessment capabilities for the price.
IT Services Associate
50M - 250M USD, BankingCRITICAL
“Nessus Tenable excels at accurate scanning but lacks immediate mitigation”
Nessua Tenable is listed as one of the best tools, but its use is for scanning, not for direct mitigation.
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Tenable is the exposure management company, exposing and closing the cybersecurity gaps that erode business value, reputation and trust. The company’s AI-powered exposure management platform radically unifies security visibility, insight and action across the attack surface, equipping modern organizations to protect against attacks from IT infrastructure to cloud environments to critical infrastructure and everywhere in between. By protecting enterprises from security exposure, Tenable reduces business risk for more than 44,000 customers around the globe.
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Company type
Public
Year Founded
2002
Head office location
Columbia, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Annual Revenue
500M-1B USD
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- Director of Project Management50M-1B USDIT ServicesReview Source
Reliable and accurate vulnerability scanner - best results with a well-planned deployment
Tenable Nessus remains one of the most reliable vulnerability scanners we´ve used. Vulnerability detection coverage is broad and accurate, with frequent plugin updates that keep pace with emerging threats. Asset integration works well across on-prem and hybrid environments. Compliance reporting covers major frameworks out of the box. Some tuning is needed to reduce noise, but overall it delivers solid risk assessment capabilities for the price. - Engineer50M-1B USDHealthcare and BiotechReview Source
Customizable Vulnerability Scanning with Easy Setup Offset by Inconsistent Support
Tenable Nessus has been a great vulnerability scanner and management platform for us. It allows us to scan both local and internet connected assets and customize the reporting to meet our needs. - CYBER SECURITY ENGINEERGov't/PS/EdEducationReview Source
Remediation Tracking Features Highlighted Amidst Dashboard Customization Learning Curve
I have found some of the features to be awesome, the exposure management and vulnerability management blades but most importantly, the remediation blades, where projects can be created and assigned to owners to help track vulnerabilities as they appear. - IT Manager50M-1B USDIT ServicesReview Source
Nessus Provides Stable Services Yet Restricts Policy Changes And Compliance Updates
As per my overall experiences Tenable Nessus provides great kind of survey as a Information security consultant from Vulnerability Assessment to Compliance Audit with that Nessus provides us an essentials and smooth functions which should be done as per the requirement rather than that but we cant have any predefined values over the client perpestives - It Associate<50M USDBankingReview Source
Nessus Effectively Identifies Vulnerabilities And Helps Resolve Them
We use Nessus to scan end points and servers for any potential vulnerabilities, which is extremely helpful when it comes to system audits. Nessus will scan and provide you with a list of all issues found, and even put them in order of most at risk. It will also tell you what the risk level of any outdated software it finds is, and will advise you on how to remedy the problem.
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