Before, they did not have an agent-based solution. Last year, they developed one. For example, before, when users were roaming or working from home, we wouldn't be able to scan previously. Now, we can cover anyone, even off-site.
Technical Lead Information Security at a leisure / travel company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Easy to deploy, simple to maintain, and very user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "The interface is fine."
- "The solution is a bit slow."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the configuration audit.
The interface is fine.
We haven't had issues with support.
The solution is easy to deploy and maintain.
The solution can scale well.
The entire product is very easy to use.
What needs improvement?
The solution is a bit slow. It should be faster. They could improve the performance.
For how long have I used the solution?
We primarily use the solution for vulnerability management and confidential information detection, for example, credit card information. We also use it for configuration management.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is great. I'd rate it nine out of ten. A company can expand it if they would like to.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is okay. The issue is they don't have a team based in India. Sometimes, it's hard to get support on time. However, they are pretty helpful.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are also using Tenable.sc, version 6.0.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is pretty straightforward. I'd rate the process eight out of ten overall. It is not overly complex.
We can implement the solution in one week in one region.
In terms of maintenance, we only really need one person. That's enough.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not manage the licensing or pricing. My team handles this aspect.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did test multiple other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I'm an end-user.
This is an agent-based solution. There isn't a specific version we use.
The solution is very user-friendly if you compare it to other tools. I'd rate it eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
IT Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Reliable with good vulnerability management but needs better reporting
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is not complex."
- "The one drawback that we have found is the reports."
What is our primary use case?
We can scan manual stuff through Tenable.io.
We have a great view to create desktops also in Tenable.io.
What is most valuable?
Regarding vulnerability management, the web application scanning is okay. The assist agents are bringing more value to the product by getting the vulnerabilities addressed early with real-time response. This is better, rather than waiting for the scans to run or something like that.
The initial setup is not complex.
It's a stable product.
We can scale the solution.
What needs improvement?
The one drawback that we have found is the reports. We are still getting reports from Tenable.sc since the maturity levels on the reports are lacking. They need to improve the reporting in this solution. We just aren't seeing that many features or options.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for the past three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is good. I don't really have any complaints. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is good. I can't complain about its capabilities.
We have four people who use it in our team. There may be others using it. However, they wouldn't use it in the same way.
We may increase usage in the future.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is good. We have 24/7 support from them. There are some of sales managers who are the bridge between us and support sometimes.
How was the initial setup?
It's pretty simple to set up the solution. It's not overly complex.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I don't have the exact cost numbers on tip of my tongue. However, I have some reports that are generated for us every fiscal year. I'm seeing probably around $120,000 spent. That said, I'm not sure of the exact cost for four or five people in our organization.
I'd rate the affordability of the product at a 3.5 out of five.
What other advice do I have?
It's a great product, and it brings more value with every improvement in the quarter. It's a mature product. Of course, the reporting could be better.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
An exceptionally stable and scalable solution that helps users find vulnerabilities
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
- "The reporting was never great in Tenable Vulnerability Management, so, in my company, we imported all the data into Ivanti RiskSense to start using it for reporting."
What is our primary use case?
I was the manager of the vulnerability patching team in my company, and we would use it to go through everything, discover our network, find what vulnerabilities existed, and then use that for a work plan and assignments to decide who would fix what vulnerabilities.
How has it helped my organization?
In my company, with the help of Tenable Vulnerability Management, we could find all the things that we didn't know existed. It would be too resource-intensive to manually go into every device and figure out in which version of a solution the vulnerability exists, which is something that Tenable Vulnerability Management does for you.
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable feature is the product's vulnerability database, as it knows what to scan.
What needs improvement?
There is no good work assignment system in the product. Specifically, if an SQL patch needs to be applied, then that needs to go to the SQL team, but Tenable wants to assign the ticket to an individual and not a team.
The reporting was never great in Tenable Vulnerability Management, so, in my company, we imported all the data into Ivanti RiskSense to start using it for reporting.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Tenable Vulnerability Management for three to four years. I don't remember the version of the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I rate the technical support a seven out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have experience with another solution in the past, but I don't remember its name.
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup was very straightforward.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model and the cloud. With the endpoint in the product, everything was reported back to the cloud offered by Tenable.
What was our ROI?
I saw a return on investment from using the solution since I feel that finding the vulnerabilities is always much cheaper than dealing with a situation after your system gets hacked. In short, I would put it as insurance is cheaper than the fire.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
In our company, we went through every other tool in the market and came down to Rapid7 and Tenable since they were the only two good options.
What other advice do I have?
Network scans are very resource-intensive and can cause outages in some instances, which is a political and not a technical issue to solve.
I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Cybersecurity Analyst / Third-Party Risk Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Exposure management solution used to scan networks, identify assets and offers mitigation techniques
Pros and Cons
- "The vulnerability management itself is the most valuable feature as well as references to the mitigation techniques."
- "The user interface could be improved by being able to change the user interface to fit your position or your job. The graphs are set in stone and you can only print reports."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to scan our network to try to identify all our assets. It is very good at finding all assets depending on how you program it.
What is most valuable?
The vulnerability management itself is the most valuable feature as well as references to mitigation techniques.
What needs improvement?
The user interface could be improved by being able to change the user interface to fit your position or your job. The graphs are set in stone and you can only print reports.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for seven months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of this solution is good. The application is always available and you can also set the scans to not take up too much bandwidth.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability all depends on how much you want to spend. If you have 10,000 assets you want to scan, you'd have to pay for that. It is very easy to scale up or scale down, but it's going to cost you.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate their support ten out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
It has a steep learning curve but Tenable does offer free courses for beginners and paid courses to become a specialist. This assists with the ease of setting it up.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The total cost we pay for this solution is over 45K. This is for a large education organization.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others to take the courses provided and then to play around with the solution. This will speed up learning as this solution has a steep learning curve and can be intimidating at first.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten due to not being able to change certain parts of the user interface.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Useful for penetration testing but reporting functionality needs improvement
Pros and Cons
- "It's a recommended tool for penetration testers because it's effective for that purpose."
- "The tool's reports are bad. They're not very customizable or flexible. During audits, we often have to exclude things that aren't relevant to our organization, but we can't do that easily with the reports. They come in HTML or PDF format, and we can't compare current results with previous ones in Excel because we never receive reports in Excel."
What needs improvement?
The tool's reports are bad. They're not very customizable or flexible. During audits, we often have to exclude things that aren't relevant to our organization, but we can't do that easily with the reports. They come in HTML or PDF format, and we can't compare current results with previous ones in Excel because we never receive reports in Excel.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for a year, and my organization has been using it for six to seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Tenable Vulnerability Management is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the tool's scalability a seven out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's support is okay, but it could be more customer-friendly. The people providing support have knowledge, but they could improve customer interaction.
How was the initial setup?
The tool's deployment can be challenging, especially for those unfamiliar with Kali Linux, as it operates on this platform. This might make the setup process difficult for users accustomed to other operating systems like Windows. It may take a couple of tries to get comfortable with the process. However, once you have set it up a few times, it becomes easier.
What other advice do I have?
Sometimes, we use the tool for tasks like configuration and running scans. However, it's a bit difficult to use compared to Qualys. One issue we've noticed is that it takes up a lot of space, which customers often complain about. They promised more system coverage and updates, but it isn't happening.
I rate Tenable Vulnerability Management a seven out of ten. It might be challenging if you're used to working on Windows. However, it's a recommended tool for penetration testers because it's effective for that purpose.
We use it for audit and PT.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Information Security Manager at a international affairs institute with 10,001+ employees
An easy-to-use and stable solution that helps organizations to find vulnerabilities in their systems
Pros and Cons
- "The product is easy to use."
- "The solution must be promoted more in the market."
What is our primary use case?
We use the tool to find loopholes in the system.
What is most valuable?
The product fulfills our needs. It gives reports and finds vulnerabilities in our system. The product is easy to use. It is easy to integrate the tool with other products.
What needs improvement?
The solution must be promoted more in the market. It will make the customers more aware of the product.
For how long have I used the solution?
My organization has been using the solution for a month.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Around 20 people use the product in our organization. We have one to three administrators. We are most likely to increase the usage of the product in the future.
How was the initial setup?
It was easy to deploy the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool is reasonably priced. There are no additional costs associated with the product.
What other advice do I have?
I have known the product for some time. So, I implemented it. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Reliable with good scanning and good performance
Pros and Cons
- "It is quite straightforward to set up."
- "We'd like to see a bit more user-friendliness."
What is our primary use case?
The solution is mainly for vulnerability scanning management. It's more like an extension of the Nessus.
What is most valuable?
I like the ten points of scanning.
The performance is good.
It is quite straightforward to set up.
The solution is stable, and it is quite scalable.
What needs improvement?
We'd like to see a bit more user-friendliness. They need to work on that aspect of the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've recently adopted the solution and have been dealing with it for just over a year or so.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product offers good performance. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. It's easy to expand.
I'm not sure how many users there are, however, my understanding is there are more than ten people.
How are customer service and support?
We've never had any real difficulties, and therefore we haven't really dealt with support.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is easy to set up. It's straightforward. It's not overly complex.
It's based on landscape dependencies. However, it's easily deployed. It can take a few weeks to set up. If you are deploying across the globe, it might take longer.
What was our ROI?
I don't work in an area that would keep track of ROI. I can't say we have been following that.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay for an annual license.
If there are extra fees, it depends on what use cases you want to deploy. If you want to use simple vulnerability management and you want to extend it to application scanning, then pricing modules will be different.
What other advice do I have?
I'd recommend the solution to others.
I would rate the solution nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Senior Manager -Cloud Security at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Full-service solution that gives a good ROI
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is straightforward so long as your infrastructure, components, and networks are in place."
- "Tenable.io Vulnerability Management could be improved with an increased number of dashboards and MSSP integration."
What is our primary use case?
Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is used as a unified platform for vulnerability management.
What needs improvement?
Tenable.io Vulnerability Management could be improved with an increased number of dashboards and MSSP integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with Tenable.io Vulnerability Management for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Tenable doesn't provide support beyond documentation.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward so long as your infrastructure, components, and networks are in place. There are also a few teaching issues post-migration, like integration with third parties and SEO integrations.
What was our ROI?
Tenable.io Vulnerability Management gives a good ROI in the long run, though it would be better with a pay-as-you-go model.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Tenable.io Vulnerability Management's pricing solution model isn't great. Providing a pay-as-you-go option would be an improvement.
What other advice do I have?
Tenable is a full-service product, but it still has a lot of improvements to make, so I'd recommend exploring other products before implementing it. I would give Tenable.io Vulnerability Management a rating of nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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