Welcome

Last updated: May 13, 2026

This document exists to provide a high-level overview of the main differences between Tenable Vulnerability Management (formerly known as Tenable.io) and Tenable Security Center (formerly known as Tenable.sc) functionality. Each individual section aims to answer the following questions:

Section	Questions Answered?
Product Architecture	What are the physical architecture differences between Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Security Center software?
Licensing	How do assets count toward my license? What are the limitations of my license(s)?
Scanning	What types of scans can I perform? What parts of my network can I scan?
Reporting	Are there report templates? Can I create a custom report?
Assets	What is an asset? What kind of assets does the software support? How are assets identified?
Vulnerabilities / Findings	What is a vulnerability? What is a finding? What is the difference? What can I do with my vulnerabilities / findings?
Dashboards	How can I view my data within the user interface? How can I interact with, manage, and share this data using dashboards? What dashboard templates are available?
Tenable Integrations / Data Sharing	Does Tenable Vulnerability Management or Tenable Security Center work with other Tenable products in any way? Can I share vulnerability or scan data between Tenable products (for example, syncing vulnerability data between Tenable Security Center and Tenable Vulnerability Management)?

Assumptions

This guide assumes you have basic familiarity with Vulnerability Management and at least one Tenable product (for example Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable Security Center, or Tenable Nessus).

For more information, see

• The Tenable Vulnerability Management User Guide

• The Tenable Security Center User Guide