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Picus Security vs Tenable One Exposure Management Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Picus Security
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (5th)
Tenable One Exposure Manage...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (17th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Picus Security and Tenable One Exposure Management Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Picus Security is designed for Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and holds a mindshare of 10.6%, down 18.1% compared to last year.
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), holds 5.8% mindshare, up 3.0% since last year.
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Picus Security10.6%
Pentera20.0%
Cymulate14.9%
Other54.5%
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform5.8%
Pentera10.6%
XM Cyber10.2%
Other73.4%
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
 

Featured Reviews

KA
Information Security System Manager at CS-Consulting
A tool with great integration capabilities and a good support team
Picus Security has been implemented in our organization to enhance threat detection by allowing us to test some of the other security tools in our company. I recommend the product to others who plan to use it. The tool has not had an impact on our company's overall security posture since the time of implementation since we just used it for some testing purposes, during which it did show some interesting results. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
Jaya Shanker - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has improved our vulnerability tracking and supports cloud-based monitoring with scheduled scans
We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is the licensing aspect. In the license, it becomes problematic because when we go to cloud security for vulnerability management, it will take five licenses instead of the one-on-one license that vulnerability exposure management requires. The license needs to be reviewed.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You have the liberty of physically executing a specific set of rules in your environment."
"It provides good reports and offers signature-based solutions."
"The list of vulnerabilities that get detected is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration capabilities with the other security tools."
"The most valuable feature of Picus Security is its threat intelligence, providing suggestions to block and prevent attacks by identifying malicious files and providing threat IDs."
"It's very useful software because the customer mostly configures their IPS and manages their firewalls, WAF, and the DBS according to the latest update, latest news, or according to the situation."
"One of the most valuable features would be the detection capability, specifically the ability to detect alarms and logs collected from SIEM tools."
"Picus Security has improved and is still improving the security level of my organization."
"The solution is very easy to set up."
"I think it's a good product for risk-based or exposure-based vulnerability management."
"For me, the setup has been an easy process."
"The product gives us a lot of insight."
"Tenable EP is a great overall product for our customers; it's great at helping customers to identify current risks, it helps customers manage their risk, users can effectively analyze risk and can assign team members to take a look at items as well, the solution is very easy to set up, technical support is very helpful and responsive, and the pricing is pretty good."
"We find Tenable One Exposure Management Platform vulnerability prioritization effective overall because, with the scheduled scan running on our set schedule, we can remediate any findings and check on the next schedule if issues are closed, making it much easier for us to monitor vulnerabilities."
"The feature of vulnerability management and discovery is what I use."
 

Cons

"According to the attack vectors, you cannot specify which product is failing or which product is working well because there's no agent."
"The reporting and data analysis could be improved. Specifically, the analysis of the results."
"Let's say if a customer's environment has 10 security devices and they need to know that there is an attack that has bypassed their devices, they cannot go and inspect every device and every rule in their security devices."
"There are a lot of other products which are performing better; as far as Picus is concerned, we have been aggressively trying to reach out to customers to try to sell it, but have not been successful."
"The amount of integrations that the product can handle is an area of concern, making it one of the aspects where improvements are required."
"To improve, Picus Security could consider establishing a data center in India to address trust issues and increase interest from Indian customers."
"There is room for improvement in the response rate provided by customer support."
"The license needs to be reviewed."
"Tenable needs to provide a better way to manage private clouds."
"It would be nice if the product provided an agent for enforcing policies."
"The product has limited reporting capabilities and it isn't great at allowing for customization in reports."
"The sensor update is a challenge that Tenable needs to address. Sometimes they behave abruptly, requiring me to rework reinstalling the sensors on the endpoints."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a yearly license according to the number of vectors. The pricing is moderate."
"They have certain price ranges for their products, depending upon the use cases, and the number of applications the customer wants to try."
"The pricing is fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Picus Security?
The pricing of Picus Security is average, and it offers a good value for money.
What needs improvement with Picus Security?
There is room for improvement in the response rate provided by customer support. Picus Security could improve the response time.
What is your primary use case for Picus Security?
I can simulate an attack into a live environment and test whether my controls are working properly. It checks if the controls can stop and mitigate the attacks.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable.ep?
I think the price of Tenable One Exposure Management Platform is reasonable for us.
What needs improvement with Tenable.ep?
We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is the licensing aspect. In the license, it becomes problematic because when we go...
What is your primary use case for Tenable.ep?
We use Tenable One Exposure Management Platform for vulnerability management in our internal application and external application, and also for cloud security. We are using the web application feat...
 

Also Known As

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Tenable.ep
 

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Sample Customers

Akbank, Exclusive Networks, Garanti, ING Bank, QNB Finansbank, Turkcell, Vodafone, Yapı Kredi
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