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Tenable.io Web Application Scanning Primary Use Case

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Girish RAWAT
Project manager at Primus Software Corporation
I use Tenable.io Web Application Scanning to scan our code base once a month to enhance our security operations. View full review »
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Hatem Langar
Security Analyst at TOPNET
We have experience with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, and we use it as well; we have approximately ten licenses for web application scanning.

We use it to find vulnerabilities, but Tenable.io Web Application Scanning does not include remediation; we remediate with other products. We use the dashboard to find vulnerabilities and attempt to find solutions to these vulnerabilities, but Tenable.io Web Application Scanning does not have remediation capabilities.

We use it to find compliance with OWASP Top 10 threats.

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning does not have automation beyond scheduling scans; the only automatic feature is scan scheduling.

In each scan, the advanced scan option allows us to run the scan with compliance, and we use this feature.

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning helps us determine whether there is penetration audit exposure to our system and web application.

It is a good solution; we use it to scan public applications, and it helps us identify whether there are vulnerabilities or CVEs that hackers can exploit.

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Jonathan-Pereira
Cyber Security Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I have at least three use cases. One is for ITDR solutions for threat detection. Another is the vulnerability scanning process that I designed and implemented across five companies based on Gartner implementation papers, and one is for OT.

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Harshal Deshmukh - PeerSpot reviewer
Harshal Deshmukh
CEO and Managing Director at Digidata Infsystems Private Limited

It's nice to work with because it gives good results for web application scanning according to OWASP Top 10 and NISC. It's also a very simple tool to use.

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Jahanzeb Feroze Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jahanzeb Feroze Khan
Assistant Manager Network Security at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

The fundamental objective of this product is to enhance the overall security, be it through verification within the organization or at the user's end.

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reviewer2338416 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2338416
Consultant at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

We use the solution to get the daily scans and to know the vulnerabilities of the environment.

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Robert Cheruiyot - PeerSpot reviewer
Robert Cheruiyot
IT Security Consultant at Microlan Kenya Limited

We use the solution for testing and applications. It is for scanning web applications that we deploy for customers. We provide the solution to clients. It does help them check for vulnerabilities on web applications.

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HATICE YAMAN - PeerSpot reviewer
HATICE YAMAN
Cyber Security Analyst at a printing company with 11-50 employees

The solution is primarily used for vulnerability scanning.

We are using it for our internal network and scanning for access in our internal network.

For example, sometimes, there are some vulnerabilities in the system that are happening and are unexpected. We use this for finding these vulnerable cases in that system, like blocks4j, and then deal with them. If there's a patch required, we handle advice on patching the system to remove the vulnerability. I put in patch requests and handle reports. 

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reviewer2304000 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2304000
Security Consultan at a security firm with 51-200 employees

We mainly use Tenable.io Web Application Scanning to scan vulnerabilities for web application deployment.

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reviewer1990596 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1990596
Director of Cyber Security at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees

We are using Tenable.io Web Application Scanning for security assurance, workability management, and patch management.

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Bill Hsiao - PeerSpot reviewer
Bill Hsiao
Senior Information Security Analyst at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I'm a security consultant using Tenable to help our clients perform vulnerability analysis.

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Mahmoud Elhamaymy - PeerSpot reviewer
Mahmoud Elhamaymy
Professional services team lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very useful for scanning container exposure, and also for scanning all of the external IP addresses for any organization using Tenable predefined scanners.

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Amr Abdelnaser - PeerSpot reviewer
Amr Abdelnaser
Senior Information Security Analyst at EastNets Holding Ltd.

We use the tool for our websites. We have a vulnerable subdomain. The tool helps to scan it for vulnerabilities. 

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OniRahman - PeerSpot reviewer
OniRahman
Technical Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Our primary use case for the solution is automated scanning. It doesn't require scripting knowledge or any of those suites or other tools. So it is fully automated, and we provide the credentials and URL. The tool does all scanning and will show the result per the requirement.

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reviewer1248330 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1248330
Security Specialist at a security firm with 51-200 employees

I work for a security company, and I implement Tenable for our customers. I just implement this technology. I'm not working with the users. 

Our main use case is for implementing and starting scans for the whole company or a specific host. It is used for creating reports or dashboards for the vulnerabilities of the whole company. As a product for web application scanning, the results are uploaded to the cloud, and the management is on the cloud, but we can implement an on-premises scanner, or we can scan the on-premises web applications of our customers.

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reviewer1112304 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1112304
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We primarily use Tenable.io to scan all of our assets to identify vulnerabilities and determine risk percentages for each.

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Dimitar Valov
Software Asset Management/Software & Cloud Analytics Consultant at Crayon Group

We used the solution to asses the security risk of our client's customer-facing platform. 

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