Cisco Vulnerability Management vs. Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Vulnerability Management
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM by Kenna Security, which was acquired by Cisco in June of 2021), is a vulnerability management platform featuring real-time cyber-risk analysis and predictive modeling based on intelligence feeds and global attack telemetries to provide accurate, reliable risk prioritization and protection.N/A
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
Score 7.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Vulcan Cyber was an exposure and vulnerability risk mitigation platform, acquired by Tenable in early 2025. The product is no longer available for sale, and functionality has been integrated into the Tenable One Exposure Management platform's vulnerability solution.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Vulnerability Management
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
7.8
11 Ratings
3% below category average
Threat Recognition10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification10.01 Ratings8.110 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting10.01 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Threat Analysis10.01 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Threat Intelligence Reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification10.01 Ratings7.911 Ratings
Network Analytics00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
Vulnerability Management Tools
Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Vulnerability Management
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
7.3
11 Ratings
12% below category average
IT Asset Realization10.01 Ratings7.98 Ratings
Configuration Monitoring10.01 Ratings6.43 Ratings
Vulnerability Intelligence10.01 Ratings7.511 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(12 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
For user end devices this product has worked great for us. We have been able to find vulnerabilities/risks with certain software in bulk on devices and implement fixes for them very quickly. CVM has also provided us visabity on all our devices that we never had before and we can close gaps security wise a lot faster knowing now where problems are at
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It's really challenging at times to contend with multiple vulnerabilities on a daily basis, and having a way to make sense of what actually needs to be prioritized and what can be shifted further down the task list is extremely helpful. Because the solution suggests what your next step should be in mitigating a specific vulnerability, it helps us save time and research by enabling us to immediately take action after being informed about an issue.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Vulnerability tracking
  • Risk Meter reporting to pinpoint specific systems or vulnerabilities
  • Provides vulnerability scores to see what is high / medium / low urgency
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Discontinued Products
  • Identifies vulnerabilities and they are easily understood.
  • Easy to identify remedies in an instant.
  • Campaign feature is a true time saver
  • Our CSM, Nino, is the best I have ever worked with!
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Cons
Cisco
  • Faster system scan times in background
  • more accurate vulnerability remediation links
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Discontinued Products
  • Deduping of assets could be better.
  • The weighting of vulnerabilities is hard to describe to non technical executives.
  • The Business Groups and Tagging needs improvement. Or at least allow tags to be removed if not needed. Now they are static from the API feed.
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Usability
Cisco
CVM provides a very easy to understand and use interfaces. Dashboards and reporting are compiled nicely when risk meters are created. After initial setup of software cisco onboarding teams do an amazing job going over all areas of this software to provide best overall usability of the product. Against other tools setup and usability is at a higher standard
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Discontinued Products
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
We run a flavor of multiple products and CVM enhances/complements those tools by pinpointing where the vulnerabilities are at on our network. Intune and Automox being products CVM works well with when its time to patch affected systems. Tenable we used prior to CVM and its product was too complex and clunky and always had issues with asset duplication. CVM simplified vulnerability scanning and made it a lot easier to manage compared to Tenable
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Discontinued Products
I wasn't here at the time when the company compared different vulnerability management platforms so I'm not sure on the reasoning and difference between the 2. It could be that the team went through different choices and found Vulcan to be the best fit. It's hard for me to say why Vulcan was specifically chosen
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • We have lowered our companies risk score from 850 to 660 in less than 6 months.
  • We have mitigated over 120,000 Vulnerabilities on our network since using CVM.
  • We have been able to streamline/prioritize patch management based off scans CVM provides from our assets.
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Discontinued Products
  • Allows much better prioritizing of which assets are most vulnerable
  • Allow a better understanding of what assets are actually under real threat vs. what is assumed to be vulnerable, but the real world fact is the system would be hard to reach internally, so it's not as vulnerable.
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