Company:Tenable, Inc.
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| Tenable Holdings, Inc. | |
| Formerly | Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| NASDAQ: TENB | |
| Industry | Cybersecurity |
| Founded | 2002 |
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| Headquarters | Columbia, Maryland , |
Key people | Amit Yoran (CEO) |
| Products | Nessus |
| Revenue |  $712 Million(2023) |
Number of employees | 1900 [1] |
| Website | www |
Tenable, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Columbia, Maryland. It is known as the creator of the vulnerability scanning software Nessus.[2]
History
Tenable was founded in 2002 as Tenable Network Security, Inc. The original co-founders of Tenable were Ron Gula, Jack Huffard, and Renaud Deraison.[3] In 2012, Tenable received its first round of institutional funding in the form of $50 million from the venture capital firm Accel Partners.[4] In 2017, the company was renamed Tenable, Inc.[5] Its initial public offering (IPO) took place on the Nasdaq on July 26, 2018.[6]
Acquisitions
In 2016, Tenable acquired the cybersecurity company FlawCheck.[7] In 2019, Tenable paid $78 million to acquire the Israel-based operational technology company Indegy Ltd.[8]
In April 2022, Tenable announced plans to acquire an attack surface management software startup, Bit Discovery, for $45 million in cash. The acquisition was expected to close in the second quarter of 2022.[9]
In September 2023, Tenable announced plans to acquire Ermetic—an Israeli cloud-native application protection startup—for $240 million in cash and $25 million in restricted stock and RSUs. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023.[10][11]
References
- ↑ ""SEC Form 10-K, filed Dec. 31, 2022"". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660280/000166028023000032/tenb-20221231.htm.
- ↑ "About Tenable" (in en). 2010-10-15. https://www.tenable.com/about-tenable/about-us.
- ↑ "Cybersecurity software maker Tenable CEO steps down" (in en). Reuters. 2016-06-09. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tenablenetwork-managementchanges-idUSKCN0YV2BI.
- ↑ Ha, Anthony (2012-09-05). "Network Security Company Tenable Raises A $50M Series A From Accel" (in en-US). TechCrunch. https://social.techcrunch.com/2012/09/05/tenable-accel-series-a/.
- ↑ "Tenable Holdings, Inc. S-1". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1660280/000119312518209705/d548092ds1.htm.
- ↑ Fazzini, Kate (2018-07-26). "Cybersecurity firm Tenable closes up 31%" (in en). CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/26/tenable-tenb-ipo-stock-starts-trading-on-the-nasdaq.html.
- ↑ "Tenable acquires FlawCheck, to cater Docker security & DevOps support" (in en). 2016-10-26. https://techseen.com/tenable-flawcheck-docker-devops/.
- ↑ Eichensehr, Morgan (2019-12-02). "Columbia's Tenable makes $78 million acquisition". Baltimore Business Journal. https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/12/02/columbias-tenable-makes-78-million-acquisition.html.
- ↑ "Tenable Shells Out $45 Million to Acquire Bit Discovery | SecurityWeek.Com". 26 April 2022. https://www.securityweek.com/tenable-shells-out-45-million-acquire-bit-discovery.
- ↑ "Tenable Increases Focus on Cloud Security With Agreement to Acquire CNAPP Vendor Ermetic". 7 September 2023. https://www.tenable.com/press-releases/tenable-announces-intent-to-acquire-ermetic.
- ↑ FinSMEs (2023-09-07). "Tenable To Acquire Ermetic, for $240M" (in en-US). https://www.finsmes.com/2023/09/tenable-to-acquire-ermetic-for-240m.html.
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