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Tenable Security Center pros and cons

Vendor: Tenable
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Tenable Security Center excels at providing accurate vulnerability assessments with the fewest false positives and negatives, enhancing network protection.
The Assurance Report Card delivers a quick security overview for users, enabling them to understand their security posture at a glance.
Highly customizable scanning policies allow organizations to perform efficient vulnerability scans without disrupting operations, especially in sensitive environments.
Its distributed scan model and automatic scanning distribution enable effective coordination of multiple engines, maximizing efficiency across various environments.
Seamless integration with SIEM and PAM solutions enhances security operations, making Tenable Security Center a versatile and adaptable tool.

CONS

Reporting needs improvement in template flexibility and metadata export capabilities.
Configuration lacks flexibility, requiring considerable effort for basic scan policy creation.
Pricing could be more aggressive compared to competitors like Rapid7.
Deployment is complex and requires significant integration with on-prem solutions.
Technical support quality has declined, with longer response times and less thorough assistance.
 

Tenable Security Center Pros review quotes

reviewer1534134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 10, 2025
Tenable Security Center's centralized platform helped with risk assessment and management across our IT environments, covering the patching process and providing detailed reports that significantly supported our reporting and audits and helped us close audit issues safely and successfully.
OndrejKOVAC - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution engineer at EXPERTience
Mar 24, 2025
Overall, I rate the solution 9.8 out of 10.
Kevin  Mwangi - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Nov 21, 2024
The most effective feature of Tenable Security Center for detecting vulnerabilities is its capability for critical mapping.
Learn what your peers think about Tenable Security Center. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2026.
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MB
IT Helpdesk at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Nov 14, 2024
It allows financial institutions to compare their vulnerability management to others in the same sector.
SH
Cyber Security Charter Engineer at Banglalink Digital Communications
Oct 18, 2024
The most valuable feature is the automatic and periodic management of security scans, along with the ability to consolidate all information into a single dashboard.
Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at Banglalink
Feb 23, 2024
The most important features are the dashboard and reporting. The dashboard provides statistics with graphs and bar charts for our management.
Jahanzeb Feroze Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager Network Security at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
May 15, 2023
Has a great advanced scanning feature.
JE
Information Technology Security Specialist at Digitaltrack
May 16, 2024
Tenable Security Center supports a wide range of applications and servers, capable of comprehensive scanning and handling of vulnerabilities.
LadislavSolc - PeerSpot reviewer
Enthusiastic Explorer at Target Five
Apr 5, 2024
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.
SB
Deputy General Manager at STBL
Dec 21, 2023
The solution is completely stable and operation is user-friendly.
 

Tenable Security Center Cons review quotes

reviewer1534134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 10, 2025
We did conduct a long implementation which relates to what I think can be improved about Tenable Security Center.
OndrejKOVAC - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution engineer at EXPERTience
Mar 24, 2025
Tenable's technical support has declined in quality over time. While they used to be excellent, achieving ratings of eight or nine, they now rate around six or seven due to longer response times and less thorough assistance.
Kevin  Mwangi - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Nov 21, 2024
It's important for Tenable to catch up on testing capabilities that are present in solutions like Qualys.
Learn what your peers think about Tenable Security Center. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2026.
893,221 professionals have used our research since 2012.
MB
IT Helpdesk at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Nov 14, 2024
The reports and plugins for reports and scans could benefit from enhancements.
SH
Cyber Security Charter Engineer at Banglalink Digital Communications
Oct 18, 2024
The dashboard templates are limited.
Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at Banglalink
Feb 23, 2024
Additional costs are associated with using the solution, as additional scanners are required for different endpoints connected to the Tenable Security Center. If Tenable Security Center could extract information from these scanners automatically rather than manually, it would enhance user-friendliness for customers.
Jahanzeb Feroze Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager Network Security at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
May 15, 2023
The web application is not very functional.
JE
Information Technology Security Specialist at Digitaltrack
May 16, 2024
They are not currently handling call flows properly. Some call flows are being deleted from the registry but still show as active.
LadislavSolc - PeerSpot reviewer
Enthusiastic Explorer at Target Five
Apr 5, 2024
The tool's initial configuration is not so easy.
SB
Deputy General Manager at STBL
Dec 21, 2023
We are facing some challenges related to our channel.