Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) Reviews & Product Details

Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM), the original SaaS risk-based vulnerability management platform, prioritizes vulnerabilities that pose a real risk, enabling Security and IT teams to focus their limited resources and remediate more efficiently. Cisco’s data science-driven prioritization evaluates both enterprise data and a wealth of data on real-world exploit activity and translates that context into actionable intelligence to guide remediation.

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English

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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

22 months

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What is Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM), and what problem is it built to solve?

Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) brings vulnerability information from different sources into a shared view of organizational risk. Teams use it to prioritize remediation and focus attention on the vulnerabilities and assets that matter most.

What languages does Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) support?

Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) supports 1 language: English.

What company sizes and industries is Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) the best fit for?

Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) appears most often in larger organizations, with use also represented in mid-market and small businesses. The industries with the strongest presence include technology and financial services.

How long does it take to implement Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) across a team?

Implementation is most commonly reported to take 1–3 months, though the time can vary with the environment and setup.

What customer support options does Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

The support experience is mixed: users describe helpful, responsive assistance, while others report slow responses or difficulty getting technical issues resolved. Support-related feedback also includes praise for help with setup and product guidance.

What features or capabilities could make Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) even more useful?

A few improvements could make Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) more efficient to use, especially for teams handling large or complex environments.

More customizable reports and exports, including clearer ways to tailor report content for different teams.
Simpler search and filtering, with easier query building and more intuitive navigation.
Faster data refreshes and clearer historical views of asset and vulnerability changes.
Broader, more reliable integrations and smoother data ingestion from connected tools.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/6/2022

"Easy to view vulnerabilities"

5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

It's user friendly and easy to use. The dashboard functionality is wonderful and intuitive. We can easily prioritize our tasks given the rate of risks. Love the detailedness of the problem and solution. Quick read usually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

If a user is logged out and clicks on a link that should lead to a vulnerability, it should take them there right after logging in. There is also a learning curve with Kenna (using regex to search, etc) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jian Bin T.

Systems Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/18/2022

"Overview at a glance"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

The easy to use interface allows you to navigate easily and get the information you need about your environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

The search filter syntax. It would be great if a filter builder/wizard can be added. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ian H.

Client Success Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/24/2022

"Detailed and Actionable Vulnerability Scanning"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

The dashboard is intuitive, the reports and configuration are helpful when it comes to being able to customize and set recipients and particular views. The scanner collectors have not been hard to maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Certain tags per project or program that we're scanning would be helpful if they could be added to some of the report results; have not yet figured out how to do that and it doesn't appear possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM):

You can get a demo to see if this would work for your requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Absolutely must know what vulnerabilities exist for POAM creation to mitigate known/ID'd issues and roadmap them to keep client's production servers safe from outside harm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sridhar M.

PSE

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/5/2023

"Had a nice experience. Reports is Concise with all details."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Report provides most relevant detailsdetails Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Some of the reports have details that are not relevant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/6/2022

"I couldn't ask for a better monitoring tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

The graphics and user friendly dashboards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Nothing in particular. We are pretty happy with Kenna. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/16/2022

"A good tool to review vulnerabilities on servers"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

I believe it is a simple and interactive tool that can list all vulnerabilities on a machine be it a server or a client computer. Easy to browse and informative GUI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

sometimes the layout gets confusing because each click for resources opens a new browser window and makes me lost in the world of tabs. In general, its a good piece of code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel L.

Senior consultant for desktop security

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/12/2022

"Very accurate in order to follow our security vulnerabilities"

5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

The level of criticality by theme i.e Java 750 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

I did not find anything that I don't like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/30/2022

"Kenna helps my organization focus our remediation efforts more effectively"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Having a collated scoring mechanism for our vulnerabilities helps us demonstrate to stakeholders where we are at a risk level overall, instead of scaremongering with a list of critical/high vulns. The additional analysis Kenna does to further dictate areas for us to prioritise, is a massive time saver and provides some great insight Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Sometimes the uploads into the platform are a bit flakey and need to be re-run, also some additional out-of-the-box integrations would be nice, but there are a good amount already Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AYUB I.

Websphere Admin

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/6/2022

"Great design and ease of use"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

The user interface is well-crafted. The dashboards and visualisations are simple to use and understand. The vulnerability aids are quite useful. The graphics and ease of usage appeal to me. This is a great tour of the new features. The help centre is well-stocked with everything you'll need to get the most out of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Reporting isn't as simple as it could be. There isn't much to hate, except that explaining the risk elements and stakes to the client can be a little difficult. In addition, when compared to other similar products on the market, it offers less customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) solving and how is that benefiting you?

The workflows are automated, and creating reports takes only a few mouse clicks. Even for the least experienced team members, it is incredibly simple to get started with, despite the fact that it is such a dynamic platform. It is quite precise in weighing vulnerabilities and hazards, which saves a lot of time and effort formerly spent assessing and prioritising threats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Morian E.

Global Director, Threat Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/21/2022

"Hot Garbage"

0/5

What do you like best about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

It uses SAML2 for authentication. At least it is not local authentication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM)?

Pretty much everything. Reporting, lack of integrations for Checkmarx, Orca, Noname, Microsoft Defender vulns, Manage Engine, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.