Tenable Patch Management

Tenable Patch Management bridges the divide between security teams who find vulnerabilities and IT teams tasked with fixing them. By combining Tenable’s risk intelligence with autonomous patching workflows, you can prioritize and deploy patches at scale across on-network and remote endpoints, ensuring the most critical risks are remediated first.

Why teams choose this series

• Risk-Based Remediation: Stop guessing. Prioritize patching based on Tenable’s actual risk intelligence so critical exposure gets fixed immediately.
• Autonomous & Scalable: Define your rules once, testing rings, approvals, maintenance windows, and let the system automate the deployment.
• Broad Coverage: Secure your entire estate, including Windows (drivers/BIOS), macOS, Linux, plus over 20,000 third-party apps and 250,000+ unique patches.
• Safer Rollouts: Built-in controls help you block problematic updates and avoid unstable rollouts before they disrupt operations.
• Faster Operations: Give Security and IT shared visibility into patch status, eliminating manual reporting and friction between teams.

Tenable Patch Management: At a Glance

• What it is: A risk-driven patching solution pairing Tenable prioritization with enterprise-grade deployment controls.
• Best for: Large-scale vulnerability remediation, reducing patch backlogs, tightening SLA compliance, and audit-ready reporting.
• Licensing: Annual subscription, priced by asset count.
• Activation: Provision subscription → deploy components → connect to Tenable via API keys (Tenable Vulnerability Management or Security Center).
• Required Data: Asset count, OS mix, remote/off-network ratio, third-party app scope, deployment preference (SaaS/on-prem), and change-control needs.

License Overview

The Tenable Patch Management license is an annual subscription that unlocks the platform’s patch deployment and reporting capabilities. Pricing is based on the number of assets (endpoints/hosts) you plan to manage and track for remediation.

Sizing Strategy: Your subscription should cover your current device inventory plus expected growth over the next 12–24 months. Because this tool works within the Tenable ecosystem, you generally need entitlement for a core platform product (Tenable Vulnerability Management, Security Center, Tenable One, or Enclave Security) to drive prioritization.

Terms & Activation: Subscriptions are sold in 1-year or multi-year terms and include updates and support. Activation is streamlined: once the order processes, the subscription is provisioned to your environment. Admins simply deploy the required components and connect the solution to your Tenable data using API keys.

Procurement Success Factors:

1. Choose the accurate asset count.
2. Confirm your deployment model (SaaS vs. On-prem).
3. Align rollout controls (testing/approvals) with your operational policy to ensure continuous patching without change risk.

Product Overview

Tenable Patch Management turns prioritized exposure data into controlled patch actions, transforming remediation from a manual firefight into a repeatable workflow.

Core Technical Flow

1. Ingest Priorities: Pull vulnerability context and signals directly from Tenable to focus on what matters most.
2. Correlate to Remediation: Automatically match vulnerabilities to the latest patch and generate deployable plans.
3. Control the Rollout: Define policies for testing rings, approvals, maintenance windows, and device groups, then enforce them consistently.
4. Autonomous Deployment: Deploy patches continuously with guardrails, including pause, cancel, and rollback controls where supported.
5. Verify & Report: Track compliance and progress with real-time visibility shared between IT and Security.

Operational Outcomes

• Faster Remediation: Shorter patch cycles and reduced window of exposure.
• Lower Workload: Less manual packaging, scheduling, and chasing down endpoints.
• Better Stability: Controlled testing and approval workflows prevent bad patches from breaking production.
• Clear Accountability: Unified reporting across teams.

Ordering Guide and Pricing

If you are selecting Tenable Patch Management for a new rollout or expansion, your ordering decision is driven by your asset footprint, the ratio of remote/off-network endpoints, your OS/app mix, and your internal change policy.

To size the order quickly: Confirm asset count + OS mix + off-network percentage + required third-party app coverage + deployment model + governance requirements.

Pricing Factors:

• Subscription Term: 1-year or multi-year.
• Asset Count: The primary pricing driver.
• Deployment Model: SaaS vs. On-prem.
• Support & Services: Level of support and any professional services for rollout.

For the fastest quote: Send your current and growth asset count, OS mix, remote device ratio, current Tenable platform (TVM/SC/Tenable One), and required rollout controls.

Quick Guidance

• Ready to order? Send your asset count and deployment model, and we will map the subscription sizing immediately.
• Need help? Write “Help me choose” and share your device inventory, patch SLAs, and off-network requirements.

Activation Guide for Tenable Patch Management

Tenable Patch Management supports workflows for both standard enterprise networks and controlled environments.

Connected / Online Activation

1. Provision subscription.
2. Deploy components.
3. Enter Tenable API keys in the Admin Portal.
4. Validate connectivity.
5. Begin policy-driven patching.

Controlled / Offline-Oriented Deployment

1. Provision subscription via approved channel.
2. Deploy on-prem components in the isolated zone.
3. Use approved connectivity paths for updates/integrations.
4. Apply policies.
5. Begin controlled patching (minimized direct outbound dependency).