CrowdStrike Falcon vs Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

Likelihood to Recommend

CrowdStrike continues to be the leader of where it is today by extending the offerings that is has. While there are a number of downfalls of the product, no one other security vendor can rightfully do what CrowdStrike does. Smaller players in the game are able to "pull a feather" here and there but there is no stopping the behemoth that is CrowdStrike. So long as CrowdStrike continues to deliver on its endpoint protection capabilities and levels up their behavioral detections, they are the best buy all day long. For those looking for a company that is clear about what they are monitoring for and how, rule logic, etc.... CrowdStrike is the exact opposite. They are a complete black box that thinks detect logic is magic and protects it all as if it was intellectual property. For some organizations they will likely not care; however, for others with established security teams, this can prove to be an irritant.

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Bryan Bowie

Principal Incident Responder (Sr.)

VerizonSecurity & Investigations, 10,001+ employees

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SecurityCenter is definitely the juggernaut of the industry. You don't see many shops that are not using Nessus and or SecurityCenter. As a pen tester, I do not judge shops that use Nessus as a catch all, as there are a lot of things you can get hyper focused on and a tool like this helps you see things you may have missed.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CrowdStrike Falcon

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

Anti-Exploit Technology

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Centralized Management

Hybrid Deployment Support

Infection Remediation

Vulnerability Management

Malware Detection

Pros

Ransomware protection. We ran a ransomware simulation with obfuscated executables to hide malware signatures and CrowdStrike found and stopped 15 out of 15.
Malware/adware detection. Packaged adware in official installers are instantly blocked without interfering with the install of the primary application.

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Randy Munroe

Information Security Analyst

Randall-ReillyMarketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees

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Vulnerability management from one place
Maximum endpoint visibility
Easy to set up and plan the structure
Support desk quickly responses
Well-prepared documentation
Broad scanning type
Supports various compliance standards
User groups allows coordination between teams

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Ahmet Fatih IRKLI

Cyber Security Specialist

TUBITAKInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

We get false positive detections when we run an email signature script for our users. These false positives can be a distraction. We've implemented a whitelist for those behaviors, but had some difficulty in figuring out how to configure CrowdStrike to recognize these executions since the file name and hash were always different (the executing file was firstname_lastname.exe, and that was too Vague to whitelist.

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Mark Sauer

Director of Information Technology

TransPakPackage/Freight Delivery, 1001-5000 employees

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Centralized vulnerability management with sensors.
Network health assessment and Incident response.
For alerting or notification, it should also support the SMS gateway.

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Chandan Singh Rathore

Senior Technical Consultant

iValue InfoSolutions Pvt. Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

CrowdStrike Falcon 8.8

Based on 13 answers

When I receive support, it is always useful and informative. However, the support doesn't get back to me in the most timely manner. Often, by the time I hear back from support I have already resolved the issue. But for bigger issues, that need more in-depth help the support team has been incredibly valuable.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter) 9.5

Based on 4 answers

On all of the occasions that I have had to reach out to Tenable for assistance, they have been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Solutions and support are provided quickly, and they work on the issue until it is resolved.

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Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

[Because of] its cloud-based architecture, complete set of features, LDAP integration and massive deployment options. The open integration with another security solution and it's almost native with all Windows flavors including Windows Server. Its Incident Response Team is a one-and-only kind of solution that makes CrowdStrike a really different competitor and a natural leader in cybersecurity market.

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Victor Rivera

Senior Information Technology Manager

Grupo VinteConstruction, 1001-5000 employees

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Tenable.sc [(formerly SecurityCenter)] has been around for a long time and in our opinion offered the easiest configuration for compliance scanning and it's rating system was more impressive than Rapid 7's.

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Technician in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

CrowdStrike has cut our security costs.
Has given us more insight into our end points.
It has helped with our older PC's CPU usage.
Cut our cost and time from managing multiple platforms down to managing one platform with better insight than what we had with multiple security platforms.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Security & Investigations Company, 1-10 employees

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Create internal/operational efficiencies
Improve compliance & risk management
Cost management
Solid vulnerability scanner
Ease, of use, and capabilities when it comes to analyzing vulnerabilities is what makes this product stand out

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Banking Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

CrowdStrike Falcon Editions & Modules

Edition

Falcon Pro	$6.99¹
Falcon Enterprise	$14.99²
Falcon Premium	$17.99²

per endpoint/month (for 5-250 endpoints, billed annually)
per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

CrowdStrike Falcon

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

CrowdStrike Falcon

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

CrowdStrike Falcon vs Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)