The Exposure Management Company is Positioned Highest for Execution and Furthest for Vision in the Critical New Security Category
Tenable® has secured a major win, being named a Leader in the first-ever 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Exposure Assessment Platforms. This recognition solidifies Tenable’s leadership in the market, with the company positioned highest for Ability to Execute and furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision.
This pivotal recognition from Gartner validates Tenable’s strategic shift to proactive exposure management. As the modern attack surface grows more complex, encompassing AI, cloud, IT, identity, and OT, simply reacting to threats is no longer sufficient.
Mark Thurmond, Co-CEO, Tenable, noted the significance of this milestone: “To us, being named a Leader in the very first Gartner Magic Quadrant for Exposure Assessment Platforms is a huge stamp of approval for the approach we’ve taken Our whole strategy is about getting ahead of the exposures, and we’re seeing how much that proactive approach is paying off for our customers.”
At the core of Tenable’s market leadership is the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. This platform is designed to provide organizations with the most comprehensive, contextualized view of risk across their entire attack surface. It moves beyond traditional vulnerability scanning to reveal organizations’ exposure and provide guidance on how to quickly close those security gaps.
The platform provides:
- Holistic Visibility: A single view of risk across cloud, IT, identity, web apps, and OT environments.
- Risk-Based Analytics: Advanced prioritization capabilities to focus resources on the exposures that matter most.
- Open Ecosystem: Integration with 300+ third-party tools, enabling organizations to take control of their cyber risk.
Tenable’s early adoption of the Exposure Management philosophy aligns perfectly with Gartner’s concept of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). Exposure Assessment Platforms are the foundational technology required to support the CTEM framework, helping organizations preemptively reduce cyber risk.
With over 44,000 organizations trusting Tenable, the company is demonstrating that a unified, proactive approach is essential for the modern enterprise. As Thurmond emphasized, “With the weaponization of AI, detection and response is no longer adequate. That’s what exposure management is all about, and Tenable One is the only platform that delivers it.”
This Gartner achievement joins other recent accolades, including Tenable being positioned as a Leader in both the:
- IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Exposure Management 2025 Vendor Assessment
- The Forrester Wave™: Unified Vulnerability Management, Q3 2025
The inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for Exposure Assessment Platforms confirms that Tenable is a market leader, driving the critical shift from reactive vulnerability management to proactive exposure management. The Tenable One platform is the premier tool for organizations seeking a complete, contextualized view of cyber risk and the ability to close exposures before attackers can exploit them.
