Tenable Ranked #1 in Device Vulnerability Management 2019 Market Share
Looking for a vulnerability management solution? This report, “IDC, Worldwide Device Vulnerability Management Market Shares, 2019: Finding the Transitional Elements Between Device Assessment Scanning and Risk-Based Remediation (doc # US46284720, May 2020),” highlights why Tenable is ranked #1 in global market share and revenue for 2018 and 2019 and is growing more than twice as fast as its closest competitor.
Read the Report Excerpt
Read the Report
Tenable’s Success Rooted in Research and Innovation
IDC credits Tenable’s success in vulnerability management to a number of key elements, including:
- Innovative passive monitoring with diverse set of data collection sensors
- Broad visibility across a wide range of environments including IT, cloud and operational technology (OT)
- World-class research that supports customers through threat intelligence, vulnerability detections and security alerts
- Unique vantage point for OT environments
- Ability to help customers quantify cyber risk, prioritize remediation decisions and benchmark against peers
The IDC report highlights a number of Tenable achievements including the role Tenable Research plays in providing threat intelligence, vulnerability detections and security alerts. In 2019, for example, Tenable Research discovered 130 zero-day threats and quickly built new detections into its products to identify those vulnerabilities.
Tenable is working toward moving its customers away from vulnerability management as a compliance-based reporting medium into a risk-based solution designed to help organizations manage and measure cyber-risk across the modern attack surface.”Source: IDC, Worldwide Device Vulnerability Management Market Shares, 2019: Finding the Transitional Elements Between Device Assessment Scanning and Risk-Based Remediation (doc # US46284720, May 2020)
Tenable: Ranked #1 in Device Vulnerability Management 2019 Market Share
For the second year, Tenable is ranked #1 in device vulnerability management revenue, and in 2019 claimed 27.6% of the market share. The IDC market share report attributes this success to Tenable's focused innovation and continued investments in delivering the best-of-breed enterprise vulnerability management platform.
How Tenable’s Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Helps Reduce Your Cyber Risks

Passive monitoring with broad visibility:
Tenable’s passive monitoring complements agent and network scans for deep insider views of all of your assets.

Customizable scans:
You can control scan schedules, sensitive host exclusion, number of maximum concurrent TCP sessions for each host and more, including a “SafeScan” mode for OT devices.

Industry-leading vulnerability intelligence:
Tenable Research provides threat and exploit intelligence, vulnerability detections and security alerts generally within 24 hours after high-profile vulnerability disclosures.

Growing library of plug-ins for new threats:
More than 141,000 new plugins cover more than 56,000 CVEs.

OT visibility:
Tenable’s recent acquisition of Indegy with full integration creates greater visibility into OT environments.

Insight into your security posture:
Tenable Lumin sums up all vulnerabilities on all assets within your organization with a Cyber Exposure Score (CES).

More accurate data for vulnerability prioritization:
Tenable’s Asset Criticality Rating (ACR) and Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR) lead to Predictive Prioritization, which reduces the number of high and critical vulnerabilities to the top 3% of all scanned assets.

Industry benchmarking:
Tenable data and reports enable you to chart your progress over time and relative to other companies in your industry.