SecurityScorecard vs Tenable Security Center comparison

The compared SecurityScorecard and Tenable solutions aren't in the same category. SecurityScorecard is ranked #1 in IVRM , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 7.5% mindshare in the category. Tenable is ranked #3 in RBVM , with an average rating of 9.1, and holds a 8.9% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of SecurityScorecard users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

SecurityScorecard

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92% willing to recommend

Tenable Security Center

Read 56 Tenable Security Center reviews

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3,258 Comparison Views

96% willing to recommend

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

ROI

Sentiment score

6.1

SecurityScorecard enhances security visibility and efficiency, improving scores and reducing premiums, yielding 176% ROI over three years.

Sentiment score

6.5

Tenable Security Center boosts ROI by minimizing costs, enhancing security, reducing manpower needs, and preventing costly data breaches.

This resulting in a lower insurance premium cost for us and considerable cost savings overall, which made our management very pleased with the progress.

Aayush Gangwar

Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees

The biggest benefit is visibility, allowing organizations to understand their risks, vulnerabilities, and potential threats.

reviewer2596755

Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have seen a clear return on investment, and in terms of the metrics, the time saver is in the reduction of time spent.

Adriana Cumbajin

SOC analyst at BUSINESS IT

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If we cannot adjust how to operate the solution, then it becomes very difficult, so hearing and initial tuning are very important.

Hiroshi Watanabe

Marketing Expert at J's communication

Through the use of Tenable Security Center, my clients achieve more efficient patching and gain visibility and understanding of security operations, leading to improved resilience and infrastructure insight.

OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.4

SecurityScorecard's customer support is knowledgeable and available 24/7, but users report delayed response times despite improvements.

Sentiment score

7.4

Tenable Security Center customer support is responsive and knowledgeable, with U.S. support rated higher than the European counterpart.

They need better organization to support their customer volume.

reviewer2596755

Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

they continue to assist us with bi-monthly sync-up calls whenever we face issues with the platform regarding risk and how to improve our security score

Aayush Gangwar

Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees

I would rate the customer support for SecurityScorecard nine out of 10.

Akhilesh Mishra

Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

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Longer response times and less thorough assistance.

OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

They are helpful and were very helpful to us, coordinating with us on several issues.

reviewer1534134

Head of Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.3

SecurityScorecard offers a scalable, adaptable service ideal for medium to large enterprises, though not suited for Fortune 500 firms.

Sentiment score

8.0

Tenable Security Center is praised for its seamless scalability, adaptability, and integration, accommodating diverse organizational needs and sizes effectively.

The product is suitable for medium to large businesses, typically with a revenue range from $200 million to a couple of billion dollars.

reviewer2596755

Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

My experience with SecurityScorecard is that it is highly scalable and can handle more vendors or users as my organization grows.

Adriana Cumbajin

SOC analyst at BUSINESS IT

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I can scale it extensively with the use of agents, allowing scanning in restrictive environments and loosely connected devices.

OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

Scalability is a bit limited with Tenable Security Center.

Kevin Mwangi

Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.2

SecurityScorecard is highly stable, rated 9/10, with 99.99% uptime, appreciated for performance speed and reliable browser extension.

Sentiment score

8.0

Tenable Security Center is highly stable and reliable, handling large tasks efficiently with users rating its stability highly.

I find SecurityScorecard stable for our organization, as I have not encountered any downtime.

Aayush Gangwar

Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees

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The stability of the solution is outstanding.

OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

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Room For Improvement

SecurityScorecard requires better responsiveness, remediation guidance, integration, customization, pricing, insights, accuracy, interface, mobile capabilities, and third-party risk management.

Users desire improved reporting, third-party integration, interface design, vulnerability handling, web scanning, pricing, support, and user-friendly features.

If SecurityScorecard could improve anything, it would be making sure the algorithm pulls the right data for the right domain.

E Danquah

IT operations risk analyst at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

There is a need for more active rather than passive third-party risk management features to truly mitigate risks.

reviewer2596755

Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

SecurityScorecard could enhance some of the integrations based on AI platforms, where I could receive suggestions from the AI tool regarding why SecurityScorecard rates specific issues as critical or high.

Aayush Gangwar

Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees

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It's important for Tenable to catch up on testing capabilities that are present in solutions like Qualys.

Kevin Mwangi

Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The reports and plugins for reports and scans could benefit from enhancements.

MB24

IT Helpdesk at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

Translating reports into European languages is especially relevant in Central Eastern Europe, where clients often require reports in local languages.

OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

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Setup Cost

SecurityScorecard's mid-range pricing and flexible setup attract enterprises, offering transparency and support, though international cost varies.

Tenable Security Center is costly per asset, with options including subscription and perpetual licenses, generally pricier than competitors.

There are more expensive and cheaper options available.

reviewer2596755

Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I expected slightly lower pricing.

Aayush Gangwar

Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees

Pricing is acceptable as per the Indian market.

Akhilesh Mishra

Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

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The product is somewhat pricey, reflecting its valuable features and status as a high-quality solution in the vulnerability management market.

MB24

IT Helpdesk at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

Tenable Security Center is quite expensive, particularly for the CEE region, causing us to lose cases due to its pricing.

OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

The price of Tenable Security Center is not so high; it's relatively a cheaper solution.

Hiroshi Watanabe

Marketing Expert at J's communication

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Valuable Features

SecurityScorecard provides continuous monitoring, risk management, and visual insights, improving compliance and security conversations with stakeholders and vendors.

Tenable Security Center offers comprehensive vulnerability management with intuitive tools, strong integration, and flexible compliance for effective threat detection.

It combines threat intel data with vulnerability information to increase risk ratings and provides insights into third-party supply chain risks.

reviewer2596755

Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I particularly value the Jira integration, so any issue identified as part of the threat intel activity can be directly updated through our Jira.

Aayush Gangwar

Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees

It converts complex security issues into business-friendly language, which helps executives and the board understand cyber risk.

Akhilesh Mishra

Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

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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.

reviewer1534134

Head of Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Tenable Security Center provides an overall score of vulnerabilities, comparing an organization with others in the same industry.

MB24

IT Helpdesk at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

The most effective feature of Tenable Security Center for detecting vulnerabilities is its capability for critical mapping.

Kevin Mwangi

Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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Categories and Ranking

SecurityScorecard

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Vendor Risk Management (1st), AI Legal & Compliance (2nd), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (2nd)

Tenable Security Center

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (14th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. SecurityScorecard is designed for IT Vendor Risk Management and holds a mindshare of 7.5%, down 11.4% compared to last year.
Tenable Security Center, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 8.9% mindshare, down 16.5% since last year.

IT Vendor Risk Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SecurityScorecard	7.5%
OneTrust GRC	8.7%
Bitsight	6.9%
Other	76.9%

IT Vendor Risk Management

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Tenable Security Center	8.9%
Qualys VMDR	12.1%
Rapid7 InsightVM	10.5%
Other	68.5%

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management

Featured Reviews

Aayush Gangwar

Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees

Vendor risk monitoring has strengthened our security posture and reduced insurance costs

In terms of improvements, I feel SecurityScorecard could enhance some of the integrations based on AI platforms, where I could receive suggestions from the AI tool regarding why SecurityScorecard rates specific issues as critical or high. Details on the technical mitigation would help my non-technical teams understand the security issues better. I think improvements could be made on the reporting side as well, such as the ability to download customizable reports. While SecurityScorecard offers various kinds of reports now, they are limited to predefined formats. Having the ability to choose specific fields for an automated report would be very helpful.

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reviewer1534134

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.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	27

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SecurityScorecard?

One of its most effective features for risk identification is its enterprise-ready automation for third-party risk measurements.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SecurityScorecard?

I have seen a return on investment with SecurityScorecard as it is easy to use and has saved us some time, so we do not need to do the scans on our own.

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What needs improvement with SecurityScorecard?

I suggest that SecurityScorecard could be improved by giving a little more specifics on how the scanning works and how you are able to detect those IPs, including more details on the privacy side a...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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Comparisons

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Compared 24% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

RSA Archer vs SecurityScorecard

Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

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Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter

Overview

SecurityScorecard provides cybersecurity management with features like continuous monitoring and comprehensive vulnerability identification, crucial for managing third-party risks and improving security posture through external assessments and visual dashboards.

SecurityScorecard enhances cybersecurity by offering tools for external security assessments, vulnerability detection, and informed decision-making. By incorporating visual dashboards and daily updates, it simplifies usability and risk management. Its integration with Jira aids in efficient handling of cyber risks, while compliance support and risk scoring further reinforce a strong security framework. The platform assists in fostering effective security conversations with stakeholders and vendors, although enhancements in response time, mobile functionality, and threat intelligence integration are desired by users. SecurityScorecard's intuitive design and automated processes, combined with its support for cyber insurance underwriting, provide a comprehensive approach to managing modern cybersecurity challenges.

What are SecurityScorecard's Essential Features?

Easy Reporting: Simplifies the creation of security reports for stakeholders.
Continuous Monitoring: Constantly tracks security status and vulnerabilities.
Third-Party Risk Assessment: Evaluates external entities to identify potential risks.
Vulnerability Identification: Comprehensive detection of system weaknesses.
Jira Integration: Enhances risk management and task tracking.

What Benefits or ROI Should Users Look For?

Improved Security Posture: Strengthens overall cyber defense strategies.
Informed Decision-Making: Empowers stakeholders with actionable insights for security decisions.
Enhanced Compliance Support: Assists organizations in meeting regulatory and compliance requirements.
Efficient Risk Management: Streamlines processes to identify and mitigate risks effectively.

Industries like healthcare and finance leverage SecurityScorecard to assess cybersecurity resilience. By scanning domains and providing detailed security scores, it aids organizations in informed vendor selection and robust risk management, ensuring compliance and reducing exposure to cyber threats.

SecurityScorecard

Get a risk-based view of your IT, security and compliance posture so you can quickly identify, investigate and prioritize your most critical assets and vulnerabilities.

Managed on-premises and powered by Nessus technology, the Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) suite of products provides the industry’s most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your network. It’s your complete end-to-end vulnerability management solution.

Tenable

Sample Customers

TriNet, USAA, Zurich, Gilt Groupe, McGraw Hill Financial

IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific

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