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CyCognito vs Tenable One Exposure Management Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

CyCognito
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (9th), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (12th)
Tenable One Exposure Manage...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (17th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. CyCognito is designed for Attack Surface Management (ASM) and holds a mindshare of 2.2%, down 3.3% compared to last year.
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), holds 5.5% mindshare, up 3.5% since last year.
Attack Surface Management (ASM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CyCognito2.2%
CrowdStrike Falcon5.8%
Darktrace4.3%
Other87.7%
Attack Surface Management (ASM)
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform5.5%
Pentera9.7%
XM Cyber9.6%
Other75.2%
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
 

Featured Reviews

VO
IT Specialist at Squemart
Automated attack surface mapping has improved risk visibility but still needs better guidance
I believe CyCognito could improve by lowering the false positive rate. When false positives occur with CyCognito, we experience frustrating delays in customer support. Standard support tickets for complaints often take too long to resolve. Additionally, the remediation workflow guidance is sometimes criticized for lacking clear step-by-step instructions on fixing vulnerabilities, requiring manual engineering research. Adding specific code fixes or configuration lines could prevent teams from manually figuring out corrections. Moreover, the tool is somewhat expensive, particularly for small to medium businesses such as ours, pushing smaller IT teams to utilize lower-cost or open-source alternatives. Ideally, a pricing tier favorable to these smaller organizations would be beneficial. I also suggest a consumption-based model based on testing frequency rather than total asset count to enhance platform accessibility. CyCognito also lacks native compliance questionnaire management and vendor scorecard tracking, which could improve overall utility. Finally, while it maps third-party parameters, it cannot fully address lateral movement paths as some other scanners can, requiring reliance on external API integration.
Jaya Shanker - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has improved our vulnerability tracking and supports cloud-based monitoring with scheduled scans
We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is the licensing aspect. In the license, it becomes problematic because when we go to cloud security for vulnerability management, it will take five licenses instead of the one-on-one license that vulnerability exposure management requires. The license needs to be reviewed.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Since using CyCognito, we have observed specific outcomes, for the last operational year, we had about 30 to 50 percent more risk surface with hidden internet-exposed assets that traditional internal scanning tools missed, MTTR was reduced by more than 60 percent, compressing timelines to patch critical vulnerabilities from weeks or months down to days, the prioritization engine filtered out noise, forcing the security team to focus on a small fraction of exploitable risks, we also saw a less than 5 percent false positive rate, which eliminated hours of manual validation work, and we have saved significantly annually due to automated external testing, reducing reliance on manual penetration testing and expensive external bug bounty programs."
"The solution is very easy to set up."
"Tenable EP is a great overall product for our customers; it's great at helping customers to identify current risks, it helps customers manage their risk, users can effectively analyze risk and can assign team members to take a look at items as well, the solution is very easy to set up, technical support is very helpful and responsive, and the pricing is pretty good."
"We find Tenable One Exposure Management Platform vulnerability prioritization effective overall because, with the scheduled scan running on our set schedule, we can remediate any findings and check on the next schedule if issues are closed, making it much easier for us to monitor vulnerabilities."
"For me, the setup has been an easy process."
"The feature of vulnerability management and discovery is what I use."
"The product gives us a lot of insight."
"I think it's a good product for risk-based or exposure-based vulnerability management."
 

Cons

"When false positives occur with CyCognito, we experience frustrating delays in customer support."
"The product has limited reporting capabilities and it isn't great at allowing for customization in reports."
"It would be nice if the product provided an agent for enforcing policies."
"Tenable needs to provide a better way to manage private clouds."
"The sensor update is a challenge that Tenable needs to address. Sometimes they behave abruptly, requiring me to rework reinstalling the sensors on the endpoints."
"The license needs to be reviewed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
7%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Insurance Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CyCognito?
I believe CyCognito could improve by lowering the false positive rate. When false positives occur with CyCognito, we experience frustrating delays in customer support. Standard support tickets for ...
What is your primary use case for CyCognito?
My main use case for CyCognito is attack surface management. It helps me bridge ethical considerations as it serves as a simulation of what an attacker would do in real life, allowing me to continu...
What advice do you have for others considering CyCognito?
CyCognito is deployed in our organization as a multi-tenant public cloud SaaS platform. It analyzes our infrastructure from an outside-in attacker perspective, so it is not deployed as a private cl...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable.ep?
I think the price of Tenable One Exposure Management Platform is reasonable for us.
What needs improvement with Tenable.ep?
We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is the licensing aspect. In the license, it becomes problematic because when we go...
What is your primary use case for Tenable.ep?
We use Tenable One Exposure Management Platform for vulnerability management in our internal application and external application, and also for cloud security. We are using the web application feat...
 

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Sample Customers

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