Tenable CIEM

Built for cloud identity risk reduction at scale, Tenable CIEM (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management) helps you visualize who has access to what. It detects excessive permissions and toxic combinations, driving least-privilege remediation across AWS, Azure, and GCP, without turning every investigation into a manual IAM audit.

Why teams choose this platform

• Identity + Entitlement Visibility: See human and service identities alongside their entitlements, prioritized by context-driven risk (excessive permissions + toxic combos).
• Full-Stack Risk Context: Analyze identity risk in the context of compute, network, and data exposure to surface precise findings.
• Automated & Assisted Remediation: Lower MTTR using guided steps, auto-remediation options, and DevOps workflow inserts (e.g., Jira/ServiceNow).
• Multi-Cloud Fit: Designed for AWS, Azure, and GCP environments where identities and entitlements change constantly.
• JIT-Ready Path: Pairs naturally with Tenable’s Just-in-Time access for time-bound privilege in sensitive environments (licensed separately).

Tenable CIEM: At a Glance

• What it is: Cloud entitlement governance that exposes identity risk and supports least-privilege at scale.
• Best For: Permission sprawl, cloud audit readiness, IAM risk investigations, and least-privilege programs.
• Works Across: AWS, Azure, GCP + workflow integrations (ticketing/notifications).
• Licensing Model: Asset-based pricing driven by the number of billable resources (standalone or part of Tenable One).
• Required Data: Cloud providers, account/subscription/project count, IdP(s) in use, and estimated billable resources.

License Overview

The Tenable CIEM license defines your coverage scope and activates capabilities under the commercial model.

Sizing & Resources: Pricing is asset-based, driven primarily by the number of billable resources in your cloud. Examples include virtual machines, container hosts, serverless functions, container images, and databases. We recommend using a sizing tool to estimate your footprint accurately.

Buying Strategy: The goal is to align entitlement with how you govern cloud access:

1. Scope: Which providers (AWS/Azure/GCP) are included?
2. Scale: How many accounts/subscriptions/projects will you connect now and over the next 12–24 months?
3. Identity: Which sources (human + service) need to be reflected?

Operationalizing: Once provisioned, you connect cloud environments and identity sources. The platform then continuously maps entitlements, surfaces toxic combinations, and guides least-privilege remediation via workflow-driven fixes.

Product Overview

Tenable CIEM connects identity and entitlement data into a single workflow, stopping the guesswork about access risk. It lets teams quickly answer: Who has access? Where is the risk? What should we fix first?

Core Technical Flow

1. Onboard Environments: Connect AWS/Azure/GCP org structures (accounts/subscriptions/projects).
2. Ingest Identities: Continuously discover human and service identities and their effective permissions.
3. Assess Risk: Prioritize excessive permissions and toxic combinations using full-stack analysis.
4. Remediate: Use guided workflows and integrations (Jira/ServiceNow) to right-size access and fix misconfigurations.
5. Sustain: Track progress and prevent entitlement sprawl from returning.

Ordering Guide and Pricing

Pricing is driven by your billable resource count (baseline + forecasted growth) and your rollout scope.

Pricing Factors

• Volume: Billable resource count.
• Scope: Number of accounts, subscriptions, or projects.
• Governance: Approvals, audit requirements, and remediation workflows.
• Packaging: Standalone Cloud Security vs. Tenable One.

Activation Guide For Tenable CIEM

Connected / Online Onboarding

1. Provision subscription entitlement.
2. Connect cloud environments + identity sources.
3. Validate ingestion and begin entitlement analysis.
4. Enable remediation workflows (tickets/notifications).

Restricted / Controlled Environments

1. Use approved outbound paths (proxy/controlled egress).
2. Use least-privilege onboarding roles consistent with policy.
3. Align reporting outputs to audit requirements before scaling.