Expose And Close Data And AI Risks With Tenable Cloud Security

Securing cloud environments can be complex by nature. A recent study from IDC found 98 percent of companies had experienced at least one cloud data breach in the last year and a half. This complexity is further compounded by fragmented visibility, limited contextual exposure insights and limited expertise and resources. In this exclusive interview with CRNtv’s, Vice President of Product Management for Tenable Cloud Security Liat Hayun discusses some of the latest innovations in cloud security, and why Tenable Cloud Security is an ideal partner for MSSPs and those in the channel.

What makes Tenable's approach to cloud security different from others in the market?

Liat: Tenable Cloud Security is an actionable cloud security solution that helps cloud security teams and identity security teams identify, prioritize and remediate risk from code to cloud across single-cloud and multicloud environments, effectively and in a simplified way. Now, what this all means for cloud security teams is that with Tenable Cloud Security, they can see and prioritize true risk. As you said, cloud is complicated.

And Tenable Cloud Security provides them with the context they need to focus on the risk, issues and toxic combinations that truly matter. Once they do that, Tenable Cloud Security features remediation actions that are customized to the needs and unique characteristics of organizations and environments with optimized policies, step-by-step instructions , and even modified code snippets that fix misconfigurations or overprivileged access.

And then lastly, we realized that the resource security teams lack the most is time, which is why my favorite part of the product is our “If You Only Have Five Minutes” feature. It's a dashboard widget that helps users identify top-priority items and make progress on their goals, even when they're short on time.

What can you share about the latest cloud security innovation from the company?

Liat: The most important thing about our innovations is that they're aligned with the goals our customers are moving towards and the innovations they have, helping them meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Currently, what we find is that data and AI are top of mind to our customers. Data is so valuable that people have called it the new oil. Cloud has made storing data so much easier while at the same time leading to more cloud data to monitor and protect. And then to add to that, the recent adoption of AI services and the use of data for AI just created this whole new attack surface and risks in the cloud. What we released at Tenable Cloud Security is a new data security posture management capability, DSPM , and an artificial intelligence security posture management capability, AISPM, that are integrated into Tenable Cloud Security.

With these two innovative capabilities, Tenable Cloud Security provides a comprehensive view of all cloud data and associated risks, even as cloud footprint rapidly expands, exposing multi-cloud risk and enabling effective prioritization based on potential impact. To add to that, AISPM capabilities enable customers to confidentially forge ahead with their AI adoption and build secure AI solutions by enforcing AI and machine learning configuration best practices.

What makes Tenable an ideal partner for MSSPs and channel partners in delivering comprehensive vulnerability management solutions to their customers?

How do these new innovations benefit your channel partners and what makes Tenable Cloud Security an attractive offering , overall?

Liat: Tenable already has such a great and strong partner community, starting with our longstanding relationships for our VM products. And we definitely don't intend to stop there. So Tenable collaborates with partners to build strong security programs that fit customers' unique needs and meet customers where they are. And where they are today is in the cloud.

So , we're equipping them with necessary expertise to guide customers throughout their cloud journey and serve as their trusted advisor. Now it's available to all Tenable MSSP partners. Tenable Cloud Security offers new revenue streams and upsell opportunities to build strong cloud security programs. And MSSP can unlock additional discounts, making the partner's margin even more lucrative. But even more importantly, Tenable helps MSSP proactively identify and prioritize cloud exposures with the highest impact to their customers.

For more information about Tenable Cloud Security, visit tenable.com/cloud-security.