Factual Product Summary
Tenable Cloud Security from Tenable focuses on cloud posture and entitlement risk assessment. It is cloud security technology used for assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads. Capabilities - Cloud security posture management: Finds cloud configuration risks so teams can prioritize corrections across connected environments. - Cloud workload protection: Focuses on protecting workloads running in the cloud rather than only inspecting account configuration. - Cloud entitlement analysis: Examines cloud permissions to identify overly broad or risky access. - Kubernetes security: Brings Kubernetes assets or configuration into the cloud security assessment workflow. - Attack path analysis: Connects multiple exposures to help explain how an attacker could reach a valuable target. - Runtime threat detection: Uses activity from running workloads to identify or respond to active threats. - Agentless assessment: Assesses the connected cloud environment using the agentless approach described by the vendor. - Cloud asset inventory: Creates visibility into assets that can be used to understand the scope of cloud exposure. Use and operational context Tenable Cloud Security is relevant to cloud and security teams working across accounts and workloads when the requirement centers on assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads. Scope the evaluation around the functions listed above and the assets or workflows that need coverage. A useful trial should use representative business conditions so the team can assess the quality of the results and the effort needed to act on them. Deployment and evaluation Before adoption, review cloud permissions required for onboarding, the assets assessed, runtime coverage and how findings reach remediation owners. Assign an owner for administration, document required permissions and identify how the product or service will fit the existing operating process. Buyer questions - What is the main purpose? Tenable Cloud Security focuses on assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads. - What should a proof of concept establish? Test the listed capabilities against representative assets and workflows, record useful results and unresolved gaps, and confirm who handles follow-up work. - What should be confirmed before purchase? Ask the vendor which edition or service scope includes the required features, which dependencies must be configured and what licensing or contract terms apply. Pricing has not been verified for this catalog.
Documented Technical Capabilities
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Integrates acquired Ermetic capabilities for in-depth cloud permission graph analysis and least-privilege enforcement.
Documented Capabilities & Sourced Claims
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Identity-first CNAPP analyzing actual vs granted permissions to generate least-privilege IAM policies
Audited Capability Specifications
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Supported cloud security postures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes.
Support for API-based, read-only VM disk snapshot and container scanning without agents.
Scanning Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, and ARM templates in CI/CD.
Real-time kernel or eBPF-based container and serverless workload threat detection.
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Deployment & Specifications
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- Customer Segments
- Enterprise, Mid-Market
- Service Geography
- Global
Pricing Transparency
About the Vendor
Tenable offers a portfolio covering identifying and prioritizing security weaknesses, assessing cloud exposure or protecting running workloads and understanding or protecting industrial and connected assets. The entries in this catalog include Nessus, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable One, Tenable OT Security and Tenable Vulnerability Management. Nessus focuses on vulnerability scanning and configuration assessment. Tenable Cloud Security focuses on cloud posture and entitlement risk assessment. Tenable One focuses on exposure assessment and risk prioritization. When reviewing Tenable, compare the named products individually: a platform family, a specific module and a managed service can have different scopes and purchasing requirements. Selection should account for scan scope, credentialed assessment options, prioritization inputs and how remediation owners verify closure. Portfolio detail - Nessus: the catalog lists Plugin-based vulnerability assessment, Asset discovery, Vulnerability scanning. - Tenable Cloud Security: the catalog lists Cloud security posture management, Cloud workload protection, Cloud entitlement analysis. - Tenable One: the catalog lists Asset discovery, Vulnerability scanning, Risk-based prioritization. - Tenable OT Security: the catalog lists Operational asset discovery, Industrial threat monitoring, Operational exposure assessment. - Tenable Vulnerability Management: the catalog lists Asset discovery, Vulnerability scanning, Risk-based prioritization. For procurement, map each required capability to a named offering and confirm the edition, dependencies and delivery responsibility with the vendor. Product-level entries below provide the operational context and evaluation questions for that comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions: Tenable Cloud Security
Key technical, architectural, and procurement questions documented for Tenable Cloud Security by Tenable.