We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and Tenable Security Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Fortinet and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."Obtaining visibility into the network and connected devices is very simple with this tool. It takes me three minutes to do a base deployment when all the parameters are available."
"The product is very easy to work with and easy to deploy."
"Being able to sort on device types or devices with open ports is helpful when narrowing down assets of possible misconfigured devices that may be vulnerable on the network. We can take action on those devices based off of corporate policy."
"The most valuable features are remote access and administration scripts."
"This solution can be used to organize guest portals, integrate switches, and create policies. Some of its standard use cases also include completing key process upgrades and anti-virus of Windows OS."
"The most valuable feature of Forescout Platform is that it has everything that Aruba has at significantly less cost."
"It has helped with improving our security posture in terms of controlling the access of rogue devices into our network through identification. We have been able to prevent rogue device activities on the network, check the health of the system, and ensure remediation."
"The stability is amazing for the Forescout Platform. We have been using Forescout for four years, and no one complained about the stability."
"Tenable's most valuable features are the credential scan, vulnerability reports, and vulnerability ratings (VPR)."
"Support is knowledgeable."
"The solution is one of the most, if not the most, stable product available."
"I think that this is a good solution for evaluating vulnerability in the network."
"Their overall cost of service is pretty good."
"The tool gives us fewer false positives. Compared to its competitors, the solution’s reports are more accurate."
"One of the most valuable features is their distributed scan model for allotting engines to work together as a pool and handle multiple scans at once, across multiple environments. Automatic scanning distribution is a distinguishing feature of their toolset."
"It is a very good and user-friendly product."
"The biggest disadvantage is the pricing."
"The cost is too high."
"The initial setup was complex."
"Two things can be improved in the Forescout Platform. First of all, the support for some certain proprietary protocols from other vendors, but they are very widely used. If the TechEx from Cisco, was added to Forescout, then it will be a full solution for me."
"Multitenancy should be included in the next version so it could be used as a managed service provider."
"We have found that the agent-based authentication, available within this solution could be improved."
"Although Forescout manages endpoints and network devices, there is no capability for user management."
"The licensing costs are quite high. With the amount of hardware we have, we need too many licenses to make the product effective and it's ultimately just too costly."
"The user interface can be improved."
"The integration is very good, although it still needs to improve."
"The product could be user-friendly, and they could enhance the web application's security features."
"The reporting side can be improved. The dashboards are nice, but exporting things out for reports for management was a little tough."
"Additional costs are associated with using the solution, as additional scanners are required for different endpoints connected to the Tenable Security Center. If Tenable Security Center could extract information from these scanners automatically rather than manually, it would enhance user-friendliness for customers."
"The web application scanning area can be improved."
"The vulnerability scan does not work correctly until the access privileges are set by the system administrator."
"The solution should provide better web application features and support."
Forescout Platform is ranked 4th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 69 reviews while Tenable Security Center is ranked 1st in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 48 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "Reliable, useful reports, but initial report configuration could improve". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Microsoft Intune, whereas Tenable Security Center is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM and AWS Security Hub.
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