Cisco Kenna Security Vulnerability Intelligence Platform License
The Cisco Kenna Security Vulnerability Intelligence platform license provides enterprise-grade vulnerability management for organizations with 100,000 to 500,000 employees, enabling proactive threat mitigation.
- Access to: Advanced vulnerability data aggregation and analysis to identify and prioritize risks across your entire attack surface.
- Coverage for: Continuous monitoring and intelligence feeds that ensure your vulnerability data is always current and actionable.
- Protection against: Exploitable vulnerabilities by providing clear context and remediation guidance, reducing your exposure to breaches.
- Entitlement to: Integrated workflows that streamline the vulnerability management lifecycle from discovery to remediation.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Kenna Security platform license, specifically the Vulnerability Intelligence tier for large enterprises, unlocks advanced capabilities for managing and prioritizing security vulnerabilities. It provides a centralized view of your security posture, integrating data from various sources to offer actionable insights and reduce your overall risk.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and Security Professionals within large organizations who need to effectively manage complex vulnerability landscapes. It integrates into existing security stacks, providing a critical layer of intelligence to inform patching strategies, compliance efforts, and incident response.
- Centralized Vulnerability Data: Aggregate and normalize vulnerability data from diverse security tools into a single, unified platform.
- Prioritization Engine: Utilize risk-based scoring to identify the most critical vulnerabilities that pose the greatest threat to your business.
- Remediation Guidance: Receive clear, actionable steps and context for each vulnerability to accelerate the patching and mitigation process.
- Attack Surface Visibility: Gain a comprehensive understanding of your external and internal attack surface to identify and address potential entry points.
- Compliance Reporting: Streamline the generation of reports required for regulatory compliance and internal security audits.
Empower your security team with the intelligence needed to proactively defend against evolving threats and maintain a strong security posture.
What This Enables
Automate Vulnerability Prioritization
Enable security teams to automatically prioritize vulnerabilities based on real-world exploitability and business impact. Streamline the process of identifying which vulnerabilities require immediate attention to reduce the most significant risks.
cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud environments, on-premises data centers, distributed workforce
Enhance Remediation Workflows
Streamline the entire vulnerability remediation lifecycle by providing clear, actionable intelligence and context for each identified vulnerability. Automate the assignment of remediation tasks to the appropriate teams.
managed IT services, IT operations management, security operations centers, compliance teams
Improve Attack Surface Visibility
Provide comprehensive visibility into the organization's external and internal attack surface, identifying all internet-facing assets and potential entry points for attackers. Proactively discover and manage assets that may be unknown or unmanaged.
global operations, multi-site organizations, large-scale IT infrastructure, remote access solutions
Key Features
Vulnerability Data Aggregation
Consolidate vulnerability findings from multiple security tools into a single, unified view for better management and analysis.
Risk-Based Prioritization
Focus remediation efforts on the vulnerabilities that pose the greatest actual risk to the organization, optimizing resource allocation.
Exploit Intelligence
Leverage real-time data on active exploits to understand which vulnerabilities are being targeted by attackers.
Remediation Workflow Automation
Accelerate the patching process by automating task assignment and tracking, reducing the time to remediate critical vulnerabilities.
Attack Surface Management
Gain continuous visibility into your organization's digital footprint to identify and secure all exposed assets.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector faces stringent regulatory compliance and high-value targets, making advanced vulnerability prioritization and remediation critical for protecting sensitive financial data and maintaining customer trust.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Protecting patient data (PHI) is paramount, requiring robust vulnerability management to comply with HIPAA and other regulations, and to prevent disruptions to critical healthcare services.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies must secure vast and complex IT infrastructures against sophisticated threats, requiring continuous monitoring and efficient vulnerability management to protect national security and public services.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Securing operational technology (OT) and IT environments is crucial to prevent disruptions, protect intellectual property, and ensure safety, necessitating intelligent vulnerability management for both connected systems and legacy infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Kenna Security Vulnerability Intelligence?
It is a cloud-based platform that helps organizations discover, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities across their entire IT environment. It integrates data from various security tools to provide a unified view and actionable insights.
How does this license help with compliance?
The platform provides detailed reporting and auditable data on vulnerability status and remediation progress, which is essential for meeting various regulatory compliance requirements and demonstrating due diligence.
What is the difference between this and a traditional vulnerability scanner?
While scanners identify vulnerabilities, Kenna Security adds a critical layer of intelligence by prioritizing them based on real-world exploitability and business context, and by integrating data from multiple sources for a holistic view.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Enterprise — PSA/SOW required
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.