Tenable Strengthens Its Identity Exposure Capabilities to Protect Against Compromises

Core Insights - Tenable has launched new capabilities, Identity 360 and Exposure Center, to address identity sprawl and enhance visibility into identity risks, enabling organizations to prevent identity-based attacks [1][2]. Group 1: Identity Management Challenges - Identity management has become fragmented, resulting in identity sprawl, which complicates risk detection and weakens access controls, increasing the threat of privilege escalation and lateral movement [2]. - Approximately 75% of organizations manage two or more identity solutions, contributing to increased complexity in identity security [3]. Group 2: New Product Features - Tenable Identity Exposure continuously monitors for misconfigurations, attack paths, and security weaknesses, allowing organizations to proactively reduce risk and enhance their security posture [4]. - The new capabilities provide a unified view of accounts, weaknesses, entitlements, roles, groups, and relationships across identity providers, consolidating this information into comprehensive identity profiles for streamlined risk management [5]. - Centralized weakness management allows for the consolidation of identity-related weaknesses into a single interface, with detailed remediation steps and one-click PowerShell scripts for action [5]. - An AI-driven Identity Asset Exposure Score (AES) helps identify critical identity weaknesses, allowing organizations to focus remediation efforts on the highest-priority threats [5].