CyCognito vs Tenable ASM: attack surface management compared

CyCognito

• Owner or subsidiary attributedDocumented
• Exploitability provenDocumented
• Ticket or workflow createdDocumented
• Compensating control appliedNot documented
• Fix retestedDocumented

Tenable ASM

• Owner or subsidiary attributedNot documented
• Exploitability provenNot documented
• Ticket or workflow createdPartial
• Compensating control appliedPartial
• Fix retestedNot documented

CyCognito wins on

• Discovery of unknown assets and subsidiaries: 9 vs 7

  Starts from the organization's name with no IP ranges or asset lists and covers subsidiaries, acquired-company infrastructure and third-party-connected systems.

• Attribution accuracy and false-positive handling: 8 vs 6

  Every finding carries a trace of how it was found, why it belongs to the organization and who owns it.

• Exploitability validation: 8 vs 5

  Runs more than 100,000 unauthenticated black-box security tests across more than 30 exposure categories, designed not to disrupt production.

• Remediation and mitigation support: 7 vs 6

  Step-by-step guidance per issue, owner-linked workflows and a retest after each fix; no automated mitigation is documented.

• Time to value: 9 vs 6

  The organization's name is the only required input.

• Pricing transparency: 4 vs 3

  Publishes its pricing basis (total asset volume for ASM; active IPs and web applications for exposure validation) and a quote form with a stated 24-hour average response; no list price.

Tenable ASM wins on

• Integrations and platform reach: 9 vs 7

  Feeds Tenable One alongside vulnerability, cloud, OT and identity exposure data, with Tenable One Connectors for third-party sources.

Choose CyCognito if

• You want results with the least setup. CyCognito scores 9 on time to value: The organization's name is the only required input.
• Finding unknown assets, subsidiaries and acquired infrastructure is your main gap. CyCognito scores 9 on discovery: Starts from the organization's name with no IP ranges or asset lists and covers subsidiaries, acquired-company infrastructure and third-party-connected systems.

Choose Tenable ASM if

• The tool has to fit a wider security platform or many existing tools. Tenable ASM scores 9 on integrations: Feeds Tenable One alongside vulnerability, cloud, OT and identity exposure data, with Tenable One Connectors for third-party sources.
• Finding unknown assets, subsidiaries and acquired infrastructure is your main gap. Tenable ASM scores 7 on discovery: Draws on an attack surface map of more than 5 billion assets to identify domains related to the buyer's inventory.