Kenna (Cisco Vulnerability Management) vs Seconize DeRisk Center

A feature and lifecycle-driven comparison for modern enterprises

With Cisco announcing End-of-Sale (EoS) and End-of-Life (EoL) for Kenna / Cisco Vulnerability Management, many organizations are reassessing how they manage vulnerability risk—not just prioritization, but end-to-end execution, governance, and audit readiness.

This page provides a clear, enterprise-grade comparison between Kenna (Cisco Vulnerability Management) and Seconize DeRisk Center, evaluated across feature breadth and lifecycle depth. It is intended for CISOs, risk leaders, audit teams, and regulated enterprises planning a structured migration.

Platform Scope & Positioning

Area	Kenna (Cisco Vulnerability Management)	Seconize DeRisk Center
Core Positioning	Vulnerability prioritization platform	Unified Cyber GRC platform
Scope	Vulnerability scoring & intelligence	Vulnerability, Risk, Compliance, TPRM, Workflows
Tool Philosophy	Best-of-breed, integration-heavy	All-in-one system of record
Product Status	End-of-Sale / End-of-Life announced	Actively developed & expanding

What this means: Kenna was designed to rank risk. Seconize is designed to own the entire cyber risk lifecycle, from discovery to audit closure.

Vulnerability Lifecycle Coverage

Lifecycle Stage	Kenna	Seconize DeRisk Center
Discovery & Ingestion	✔ Scanner-based ingestion	✔ Scanner & infrastructure ingestion
Validation & Deduplication	✔ Limited	✔ Advanced validation & deduplication
False Positive Handling	✔	✔ With governance & approvals
Risk-Based Prioritization	✔ Core strength	✔ Context-aware & extensible
Remediation Tracking	⚠ Depends on external tools	✔ Native remediation workflows
SLA & Aging Tracking	✔	✔ Advanced SLA & breach visibility
Re-verification	⚠ Partial	✔ Full lifecycle verification
Formal Closure	⚠ Tool-dependent	✔ Auditable closure
Audit Traceability	⚠ Limited	✔ End-to-end audit trail

Key difference: Seconize treats vulnerabilities as governed risk objects, not just scan findings.

Risk Scoring & Prioritization

Capability	Kenna	Seconize DeRisk Center
CVSS-Based Scoring	✔	✔
Exploit / Threat Intelligence	✔	✔ (where applicable)
Asset Criticality Context	⚠ Limited	✔ First-class attribute
Business Context Overlay	⚠ Partial	✔
Compensating Controls	❌	✔
Exception-Aware Risk Scoring	❌	✔
Custom Risk Logic	⚠ Constrained	✔ Configurable & extensible

Why it matters: Risk does not exist in isolation. Seconize correlates technical severity, business impact, exceptions, and controls into a single risk posture.

Workflow & Issue Management

Capability	Kenna	Seconize DeRisk Center
Native Task / Issue Management	❌	✔
Built-in Workflow Engine	❌	✔
Approvals & Escalations	❌	✔
SLA-Driven Remediation	⚠ External tools	✔
Cross-Team Collaboration	⚠ External tools	✔
Audit-Ready Activity Logs	⚠ Partial	✔
Dependency on Jira / ServiceNow	Yes	No

Exception Management (Governed Risk Acceptance)

Area	Kenna	Seconize DeRisk Center
Vulnerability Exceptions	⚠ Limited	✔
Risk Acceptance Workflow	❌	✔
Approval & Review Cycles	❌	✔
Expiry & Revalidation	❌	✔
Audit Evidence for Exceptions	❌	✔
Policy / Control Exceptions	❌	✔
Unified Exception Register	❌	✔

Outcome: Seconize enables defensible, auditable risk acceptance, not informal exceptions.

Compliance & Audit Alignment

Capability	Kenna	Seconize DeRisk Center
Compliance Mapping	❌	✔
Audit Management	❌	✔
Evidence Management	❌	✔
Control-Level Traceability	❌	✔
Global Standards (ISO, SOC, NIST)	❌	✔
Regional Regulations (RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, CERT-In, GDPR, DPDP, etc.)	❌	✔
Audit-Ready Reports	❌	✔

Insight: Kenna focuses on security prioritization. Seconize operationalizes security + compliance together—which is essential for regulated industries.

Reporting & Dashboards

Area	Kenna	Seconize DeRisk Center
Vulnerability Risk Dashboards	✔	✔
SLA & Aging Reports	✔	✔
Executive / Board Views	⚠ Limited	✔
Audit & Regulator Reports	❌	✔
Compliance Posture Dashboards	❌	✔
Unified Cyber GRC Reporting	❌	✔

Platform Strategy & Future Readiness

Dimension	Kenna	Seconize DeRisk Center
Product Roadmap	Sunset	Active & expanding
AI & Automation	Limited	✔ Agentic AI, controls testing, correlation
Cyber GRC Coverage	❌	✔
Tool Consolidation	❌	✔
Fit for Regulated Enterprises	⚠ Partial	✔ Designed for regulated environments
Gartner Peer Insights Rating	N/A	4.4 / 5 – Compliance Monitoring

Why Organizations Are Moving from Kenna to Seconize

Kenna remains strong in vulnerability prioritization, but it:

• Relies heavily on external tools
• Lacks governance and audit depth
• Does not address compliance needs
• Is now approaching end-of-life

Seconize DeRisk Center provides:

• Complete vulnerability lifecycle ownership
• Native workflows and issue management
• Governed exception handling
• Integrated global and regional compliance reporting
• One unified platform instead of fragmented tools

Planning a transition from Cisco (Kenna)?

Move beyond prioritization to execution, governance, and compliance—without adding new tools.