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

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Vulnerability Managem...
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
23rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cisco Security Portfolio (11th)
Tenable Security Center
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (14th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Risk-Based Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) is 2.1%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Security Center is 7.2%, down from 11.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tenable Security Center7.2%
Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)2.1%
Other90.7%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

AshishPaliwal - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer1534134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Centralized analytics have strengthened patch visibility and support efficient regulatory reporting
From my experience, I assess the product's analytics capabilities as successful. It helped us significantly with patching and managing the risk of the patching process across all our environments, including network devices with Windows and Unix systems. The product covered several environments and gave us exactly what we needed in our environment. Tenable Security Center's centralized platform helped with risk assessment and management across our IT environments. It covered the patching process, and we previously faced many issues regarding how to patch different environments, how to monitor the patching process, and whether it was successful or not. We obtained good reports showing when patches were closed and the details of each patch, including who executed it and everything related to the patching process until it was closed. This gave us good details about the process which helped us significantly in our reporting and even in audits, whether internal or external. We learned how to close audit issues safely and successfully. We used the dashboards for real-time threat insights and extracted several dashboards from Tenable Security Center. We use these dashboards in our cybersecurity dashboard and committees that we have. These dashboards are part of our committees, especially the cybersecurity committee and other committees that we attend.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The risk context of any vulnerability is a valuable feature."
"The risk context of any vulnerability is a valuable feature; that is what it is used for and then data from different sources can be fed into it, and they have good dashboards, risk meters, and virtualization."
"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."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"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."
"This solution is very customizable compared to everything else I've seen on the market, so you can easily customize it to suit your needs."
"Tenable Security Center scans networks and gives reports."
"It is a very good and user-friendly product."
"One valuable feature is the Assurance Report Card; with the Assurance Report Card, we are able to give our overview about security posters in just a glance, and with a report to cut this our executives can quickly consume that without going into the difficulties of the vulnerability issue."
"My advice for those considering Tenable Security Center is to note the benefit of upgrading vulnerable devices."
 

Cons

"An improvement would be some sort of an integration with any GRC suite."
"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 integration is very good, although it still needs to improve."
"I think the company should redo their web page because the way things are now there are a lot of things you can't do."
"I'm having some issues with that and it's holding things up."
"Current web page needs improvement, slows down processes."
"Support could be faster."
"If I want to have a very low-managed scan policy, it's a lot of work to create something which is very basic. If I use a tool like Nmap, all I have to do is download it, install it, type in the command, and it's good to go. In Security Center, I have to go through a lot of work to create a policy that's very basic."
"Tenable's reporting engine needs improvement. It needs to be more efficient and add more features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the pricing is based on the number of endpoints, so it's more subscription-based."
"It is slightly more expensive than other solutions in the same sphere."
"The pricing is more than Nexpose."
"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"
"Tenable SC is priced per asset, with the basic solution starting around US$12,000 for 500 assets."
"The price can start at €10,000 ($13,000 USD) for between 500 and 1,000 assets, and the price can climb into the millions as more assets are added."
"I use a local license to perform penetration testing and I'm pretty happy with everything when it comes to pricing and licensing."
"This solution's price is quite high."
"We pay around 60,000 on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Retailer
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise27
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable SC?
The price of Tenable Security Center is not so high; it's relatively a cheaper solution.
What needs improvement with Tenable SC?
We did conduct a long implementation which relates to what I think can be improved about Tenable Security Center. In some cases, we needed to refer back to Tenable itself, and in other cases, we ne...
What is your primary use case for Tenable SC?
The typical use case for Tenable Security Center is that it is an on-premise solution, and it can use the agent and active scanning, which is needed by governmental organizations and manufacturers,...
 

Also Known As

Kenna.VM, Kenna Security, Kenna, Kenna Security Platform
Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter
 

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