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Tenable's industry-leading vulnerability assessment scanner for identifying CVEs, misconfigurations, and compliance gaps across networks and systems.
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- +Most comprehensive vulnerability database in the industry
- +Low false-positive rate with accurate severity scoring
Cons
- -Free Essentials tier limited to 16 IP addresses only
- -Scans can be resource-intensive on target systems
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