Tenable Hexa AI launches as agentic engine to automate security workflows and reduce cyber risk

Tenable Hexa AI Addresses Growing Security Challenges

Tenable Holdings announced Tenable Hexa AI, an agentic AI engine integrated into the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform that transforms how organizations handle cyber risk 2

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. The launch comes as AI-powered cyberattacks and rapid vulnerability discovery expand the attack surface faster than security teams can manage 1

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. Security operations now involve a complex mix of humans, automation, and AI agents working across fragmented tools and workflows, making coordinated action increasingly difficult and trapping teams in reactive cycles 2

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Agentic AI Engine Powers Proactive Risk Reduction

Tenable Hexa AI serves as the orchestration engine inside the Tenable One platform, turning exposure intelligence into coordinated action to reduce cyber risk 2

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. Powered by Tenable's Exposure Data Fabric, described as the industry's most comprehensive repository of contextualised exposure data and intelligence, the system understands how vulnerabilities, identities, assets, configurations, and AI systems interact across modern environments 2

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. This authoritative context enables Tenable Hexa AI to determine what matters most, validate the real state of the environment, and orchestrate steps required to minimize exposures at machine speed.

Automation Delivers Measurable Security Productivity Gains

Eric Doerr, Chief Product Officer at Tenable, emphasized the urgency: "As AI-based attacks accelerate, the window from discovery to exploitation has effectively vanished. Tenable Hexa AI marries an agentic orchestration engine to the powerful contextual exposure data fabric of Tenable One, automating complex tasks and orchestrating fixes across the enterprise, neutralizing exposures before they're exploited" 2

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. Early adopters report significant efficiency improvements. Tarek Houni, Head of Exposure Management at a French-based international manufacturing company, noted that the system reclaimed two days per month on asset tagging alone, allowing teams to redirect efforts toward investigating exposures and actively reducing organizational risk 2

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Workflow Automation Across the Expanding Attack Surface

The agentic orchestration engine utilizes the contextual log of the Tenable Exposure Data Fabric to operate as a mission-control center, coordinating and executing complex, multi-step workflows across the security ecosystem 2

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. The platform enables coordinated workflows across IT, cloud, identity, OT, and AI environments, helping teams operationalize exposure management and accelerate the path from detection to remediation 2

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. Organizations can deploy custom agents tailored to their unique environments to automate security workflows while adhering to set guardrails and supporting human-in-the-loop practices 2

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. This capability addresses the challenge of coordinating action as more actors enter the security ecosystem, enabling teams to shift from reactive response to systematic risk reduction 1

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