Tenable One deepens third-party integrations with new Open Connector for unified risk visibility

Source: Tenable Blog

Author: Nathan Dyer

URL: https://www.tenable.com/blog/new-tenable-one-open-connector-extends-third-party-integrations-unified-risk-visibility

https://www.tenable.com/blog/new-tenable-one-open-connector-extends-third-party-integrations-unified-risk-visibility

ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY:

Tenable One Open Connector ingests unsupported security data, automates mapping and correlation, eliminates silos, and improves exposure visibility.

MAIN POINTS:

  1. Security data fragmentation across many tools prevents unified organizational risk visibility.
  2. Tenable One aims to centralize exposure management across on-prem, cloud, IoT, OT, identity, and AI.
  3. Over 300 validated Tenable One Connectors already integrate many third-party security products.
  4. Open Connector extends ingestion to unsupported tools, spreadsheets, and internal homegrown systems.
  5. Unified visibility reveals contextual relationships, enabling identification of dangerous attack paths.
  6. Broader ingestion supports holistic risk analysis and more accurate exposure prioritization.
  7. Platform flexibility reduces vendor lock-in and supports evolving heterogeneous security stacks.
  8. Automated ingestion keeps risk decisions based on continuously current data, reducing manual updates.
  9. Customizable field mapping allows combining, splitting, and organizing data for tailored insights.
  10. Ingested data is normalized, deduplicated, and correlated for consistent cross-source comparisons.

TAKEAWAYS:

  1. Eliminating silos improves detection of cross-domain attacker pathways and true business risk.
  2. Integrating niche tools and internal databases expands coverage beyond official vendor integrations.
  3. Continuous automated uploads prevent stale data from distorting exposure management decisions.
  4. User-controlled mapping enables analytics aligned to business context rather than vendor templates.
  5. An open connector strategy helps teams keep preferred tools without sacrificing unified visibility.