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Tenable Web App Scanning

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Tenable Web App Scanning scans web applications for vulnerabilities as part of the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform.

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Summary

Tenable Web App Scanning is a commercial web application security product that scans websites and web applications for vulnerabilities as part of the Tenable One platform. It is delivered as a hosted service, with cloud sensors available across multiple regions and an API for integrating scan results into other workflows, so teams do not need to manage scanning infrastructure themselves. It is built for application security and vulnerability management teams who need to test web assets rather than for developers debugging individual applications, and it fits within the broader web-app-security category of tools that assess running applications for exploitable flaws. Because it is licensed under Tenable One, access to it depends on a customer's existing Tenable license rather than a standalone purchase. Tenable itself dates back to 2002, giving this product the backing of a long-running, actively maintained vendor rather than an independent or abandoned project.

Tenable Web App Scanning scans web applications for vulnerabilities as part of the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform.

How Tenable Web App Scanning helps

Which web applications in the organization have exploitable vulnerabilities right now?

scans the running site or application and reports findings as part of the Tenable One platform's vulnerability data, alongside the rest of an organization's asset inventory

Where should scanning traffic originate from to reach applications in a particular region?

offers cloud sensors across multiple regions to send scan traffic from, so teams do not have to host and maintain their own scanning infrastructure

How do findings from a web app scan get into other security workflows or tooling?

exposes scan results through an API, so results can feed ticketing, reporting, or other systems instead of being read only in a dashboard

Can application security findings be tracked alongside the rest of an organization's exposure data?

reports into the Tenable One platform, so web application findings sit next to other asset and vulnerability data rather than in a separate silo

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Website history

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