The Tenable Cloud Philosophy
When Tenable built out our cloud infrastructure, we focused on three key areas: security, cost and scale. For most information security professionals, these are the principal drivers that factor in to...
View ArticleGetting Users to Take Security Threats Seriously
In many respects, end users are the weakest links in data security. With the proliferation of personal devices and cloud services at work, firewalls are not enough protection.In Getting Users to Take...
View ArticleThe Advantages of Running Nessus Cloud on AWS
Nessus® Cloud provides comprehensive vulnerability management (VM) in an easy to deploy cloud-hosted solution running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS provides significant benefits over privately...
View ArticleRemediation Prioritization with Curated Vulnerabilities using Nessus (aka...
Almost every day we face the constant challenge of choosing from things that need our urgent attention and ones that are important. How we classify and prioritize these items largely reflects our true...
View ArticleSecuring the Emerging Digital Business Environment: The Gartner Symposium
Last week close to 15,000 attendees descended upon Gartner Symposium, one of the largest gatherings of CIOs and senior IT executives. The Symposium included over 375 presentations that focused on...
View ArticleNew to Nessus: More Cloud Support, Init15 Voting Winners and More
We are pleased to announce the release of Nessus 6.5. Like all new releases of Nessus®, this one is chock full of great new capabilities. I’ll hit a few highlights here. Visit the New in Nessus 6.5 web...
View ArticleMobile Device App Inventory Auditing with Nessus 6.5
In the world of mobile apps, if you are looking for malware, there are apps (yes,plural) for that. How about one that leaks sensitive content? There are apps for that, too. Pick any other mobile attack...
View ArticleAre You Making This Endpoint Security Mistake?
In the modern IT landscape, detecting threats is no longer enough for an effective cybersecurity program. To be successful in protecting endpoints, you must also remediate vulnerabilities, identify...
View ArticleReal-Time Situational Awareness: Never Say “I Don’t Know”
“Flying blind” is simply not acceptable in today’s high-stakes cybersecurity environment.When executives come to you for information about your organization’s security posture, saying “I don’t know” is...
View ArticleWhich Security Metrics Matter Most?
When collecting security metrics, the IT team is typically interested in knowing how many vulnerabilities were found, patched or remediated. But business leaders need different information; executives...
View ArticleAsk ACAS: A New Learning and Support Resource
The next phase of IT security is here, and it starts with ACAS. ACAS—Assured Compliance Assessment Solution—is an integrated security solution that is scalable to an unlimited number of locations. In...
View ArticleFeatures and Benefits of Nessus Cloud
Are you thinking about using Nessus® Cloud? Not sure if it’s the right solution for your vulnerability management program? Listen as Diane Garey, Tenable’s Product Marketing Manager for Nessus,...
View ArticleCybersecurity Transparency and the Federal Government
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is missing a key component needed to strengthen America's digital defenses – transparency into what the government itself is doing or not doing to protect its...
View ArticleEndpoint Security: Putting the Focus on What Matters
When it comes to endpoint security, organizations are challenged to determine what technologies are most relevant and what the security team can do to reduce the most risk. With limited resources, it...
View ArticleContinuous Network Monitoring and the Rise of the Security-Based Enterprise
The IT architectures of many organizations are changing as BYOD, cloud and social media continue to affect the way businesses exchange information. As the control over their data and applications...
View ArticleManaging Credentials Just Got Easier: SecurityCenter and CyberArk
Scanning with credentials is essential for getting the most out of your vulnerability assessments. Credentialed scans give you a “deeper dive” into your environment by providing access and visibility...
View ArticleSecurityCenter Now Supports Nessus Agents
We are pleased to announce that SecurityCenter 5.1 will be available later this week. Many SecurityCenter and SecurityCenter Continuous View™ customers have been anticipating the integration with...
View ArticleScannerless Amazon Web Services (AWS) Scanning with Nessus Agents
The new Nessus® Agents are a really great fit for organizations that have deployments in AWS environments and want a simple, flexible means to scan them for vulnerabilities. Agents effectively let you...
View ArticleImproving Cybersecurity in Government Agencies
Recently, Bill Glanz of MeriTalk, the public-private partnered news website that focuses on government IT issues, interviewed Matt Alderman, Vice President of Strategy at Tenable, about several...
View ArticleUnderstanding PCI DSS Scanning Requirements
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirement 11, “Regularly test security systems and processes,” involves running internal and external vulnerability scans. In this article,...
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