Tenable
Cybersecurity: exposure management and vulnerability management (maker of Nessus and Tenable One). Public (NASDAQ: TENB). Founded 2002, Columbia MD. Led by co-CEOs Steve Vintz and Mark Thurmond.
What is Tenable?
Tenable is a cybersecurity company focused on exposure management, helping organizations understand and reduce their cyber risk by finding and prioritizing the weaknesses attackers could exploit across IT, cloud, operational technology (OT), identity systems, and increasingly the AI attack surface. It is best known as the maker of Nessus, one of the most widely used vulnerability scanners, and of Tenable One, its exposure-management platform that unifies visibility and prioritization across an organization's environment. Tenable has been expanding into cloud and AI security, including acquisitions such as Apex Security. It was founded in 2002 in Columbia, Maryland, with co-founders including Renaud Deraison, the creator of Nessus, and it went public on the Nasdaq (ticker TENB) in 2018. The company employs on the order of 2,000 or more people worldwide. On leadership: Amit Yoran, who led Tenable as chairman and CEO from 2016 through its growth and IPO, passed away in January 2025. Following that, the board appointed Steve Vintz, previously the company's CFO, and Mark Thurmond, previously its COO, as permanent co-CEOs in April 2025; Vintz oversees product, security, corporate development, and G&A, while Thurmond oversees go-to-market.
Mission & values
Help organizations understand and reduce their cyber risk by managing exposure across their entire attack surface.
Qualifications
Tenable hires across the functions of a public cybersecurity company. On the technical side: software engineering (backend, frontend, full-stack, cloud, data), security research and vulnerability research (the people who find and analyze vulnerabilities), detection and cloud-security engineering, data science and machine learning, site reliability and security, and product management and design. Because it sells to enterprises and governments, it hires heavily in technical go-to-market too: sales engineering and solutions architecture, professional services, technical support, and customer success, alongside sales and channel, marketing, finance, legal, and people. Application flow lives at tenable.com/careers. Tenable is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, and hires across the US and internationally; some roles are remote or hybrid and others are tied to an office, and work authorization requirements depend on the country, and some government-facing work may carry clearance or citizenship requirements. Deep security expertise (vulnerability management, cloud security, or exposure management) is a strong signal for technical and field roles. Check each posting.
Leadership
Steve Vintz
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Co-CEO of Tenable (permanent, since 2025), previously its Chief Financial Officer from 2014. Oversees product, security, corporate development, and general and administrative functions.
Mark Thurmond
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Co-CEO of Tenable (permanent, since 2025), previously its Chief Operating Officer from 2020. Oversees go-to-market: sales, professional services, support, marketing, and customer success.
Renaud Deraison
Co-Founder
Co-founded Tenable in 2002 and created Nessus, the widely used vulnerability scanner at the heart of the company's early product.
Hiring process
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Apply at tenable.com careers
Browse engineering, security/vulnerability research, cloud security, data/ML, product, design, sales engineering, professional services, support, and go-to-market roles and submit through the Tenable careers site.
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Recruiter screen
Confirms role fit, level, country and work authorization (and any clearance requirement for government-facing roles), remote/hybrid vs office expectations, and pay.
About 7 days
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Technical or role-specific interview
Engineering/data: coding and system design. Security research: a vulnerability or detection scenario. Sales engineering: a technical demo or solution scenario.
About 10 days
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Panel interviews
Cross-functional interviews with the team and, for field roles, product or sales leaders.
About 10 days
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Offer
Offer with base, bonus, and RSUs as a public company, plus OTE for sales roles, aligned to role and location.
About 7 days
Funding
Awards & recognition
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Maker of Nessus and the Tenable One exposure-management platform · 2026
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Publicly traded on the Nasdaq (TENB) since 2018 · 2018
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Company information
- Industry: Cybersecurity / Exposure Management
- Location: Columbia, MD, USA (US + global; some remote/hybrid)
- Founded: 2002
- Company size: 1000+
- Website: www.tenable.com ↗
- LinkedIn: Company page ↗