Tanium Subject Matter Expert at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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Top 20
Dec 3, 2025
Tanium is used for heterogeneous endpoint management in general. As a consultant, I work with different customers across multiple industries. Tanium could be useful in finance, education, federal, and I have worked with companies in education, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, and aerospace. Some of them do have Tanium in those situations.
Senior Director of Corporate IT at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Apr 25, 2025
We initially conducted a proof of concept with Tanium, but we ended up using Patch My PC on the Windows side and a plugin called Superman for Jamf on Mac devices. Our environment is highly restrictive with no administrative rights, which led to limitations with some solutions.
We primarily use Tanium for patching, focusing on vulnerabilities. Our major goal with Tanium is to patch based on vulnerabilities detected by our other vulnerability tools.
Tanium offers robust endpoint protection, patching, and inventory management, consolidating the functions of tools like BigFix with capabilities in incident response, network security, and cloud or on-premise deployments.Known for real-time capabilities, Tanium provides detailed analytics, security features, and device management. Users benefit from quick implementation, real-time updates, and patching campaigns. Despite its strengths, integration and custom plugin expansion remain areas to...
Tanium is used for heterogeneous endpoint management in general. As a consultant, I work with different customers across multiple industries. Tanium could be useful in finance, education, federal, and I have worked with companies in education, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, and aerospace. Some of them do have Tanium in those situations.
I use Tanium for patching operating systems, upgrading applications, and watching and maintaining Windows endpoints.
We initially conducted a proof of concept with Tanium, but we ended up using Patch My PC on the Windows side and a plugin called Superman for Jamf on Mac devices. Our environment is highly restrictive with no administrative rights, which led to limitations with some solutions.
The primary use case for Tanium is compliance, patching, and inventory as part of the core functions.
We primarily use Tanium for patching, focusing on vulnerabilities. Our major goal with Tanium is to patch based on vulnerabilities detected by our other vulnerability tools.
I use the solution in my company for reporting, software delivery, and patching. The tool is similar to SCCM.