Tenable Network Security
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| Industry | Network security |
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| Headquarters | Maryland, United States |
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| Products | Network Security Software |
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Tenable Network Security is a developer of vulnerability detection systems. Tenable Network Security is an American network security company, co-founded by Ron Gula, Jack Huffard, and Renaud Deraison in 2002.[1][2] Tenable Network Security is headquartered in Maryland, United States of America with additional offices in United Kingdom, and Singapore. The company’s products provide network vulnerability scanning for over 75,000+ organizations worldwide.[3] Tenable Network Security products have been granted vulnerability detection certifications by multiple entities including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard,[4] Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme,[5] Center for Internet Security,[6] and National Institute of Standards and Technology[7] The United States Department of Defense have standardized their networks security by using products made by Tenable Network Security.[8]
History
- Renaud Deraison started the Nessus Open source project in 1998 as a free remote scanner.[9]
- Ron Gula, Renaud Deraison, and Jack Huffard co-founded Tenable Network Security in 2002[1]
- Nessus, Tenable Network Security's most widely used product was changed to Closed Source in 2005.[10]
References
- 1 2 "Network Security Company Tenable Raises A $50M Series A From Accel". techcrunch. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ "The 15 Most Important Security Startups Of 2013". Business Insider. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ↑ LeMay, Renai (2005-10-06). "Nessus security tool closes its source". CNet.
- ↑ "pcisecuritystandards.org Approved Scanning Vendors". Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ↑ "Validation Report Tenable SecurityCenter 4 and Components" (PDF). commoncriteriaportal.org. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ↑ "Tenable Certified Network Security Products". cisecurity.org. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ↑ "Tenable Product Validation Information". NIST. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ↑ "In Their Own Words: Tenable Network Security CEO Ron Gula". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ Carey, Mark; Russ Rogers, Paul Criscuolo, Mike Petruzzi publisher=O'reilly. Nessus Network Auditing. ISBN 978-1-59749-208-9. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthors=(help) - ↑ "SecTools.Org: Top 125 Network Security Tools". sectools.org. Retrieved 2014-07-09.