Don't just replace Kenna. Evolve to Vulnerability Exposure Management with Hive Pro
What happened?
On December 10th, 2025, Cisco announced End-of-Sale and End-of-Life for the Cisco Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Intelligence, and Application Security Module (formerly known as Kenna.VM, Kenna.VI, and AppSec)
What should security leaders do?
For security teams that relied on Kenna as a vulnerability aggregation engine for RBVM (risk-based vulnerability management), this change sunsets an important capability. Specifically, the ability to ingest curated risk aggregations and evolve toward exposure management rather than simply replacing Kenna with another RBVM platform that offers limited exposure coverage.
Why Kenna Fell Behind Industry Standards and Emerging Threats
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Limited Coverage
Only covered network infrastructure and applications. Never evolved to include cloud, containers, mobile apps, or open source vulnerabilities.
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Theoretical Risk Scores
Relied on theoretical calculations without validating whether vulnerabilities were actually exploitable based on your security controls.
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One-Size-Fits-All
Used generic global threat intelligence and lacked a targeted approach for your industry vertical or geographic threat landscape.
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No Business Context
Didn't consider asset criticality or business impact when prioritizing vulnerabilities. All assets treated equally.
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Lost Market Recognition
Not recognized by Gartner in the 2025 Magic Quadrant for Exposure Assessment Platforms.
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Limited Visibility
No correlation between CVEs, threat actors, and active attack campaigns. Missing the bigger picture.
What should you do to mitigate the risk from Kenna’s end of life announcement and legacy platform?
"Don't wait. Act now to secure your future."
Businesses should not wait for the Kenna platform to end support in June 2028, but should instead take a proactive approach by:
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Upgrading it to a more unified and comprehensive Vulnerability Exposure Management (VEM) platform with Hive Pro.
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Consolidating vulnerability scanning, prioritization, validation and mitigation in one platform- you no longer need a separate vulnerability scanning vendor.
The Hive Pro Platform Advantage
1. No Blind Spots
Eliminate vulnerability blind spots with highest CVE coverage in the industry
2. Targeted Threat Intelligence
Industry and geography-specific threat prioritization. Focus on attacks that actually target your sector and region.
3. Business-Context Aware
Prioritize based on asset criticality and business impact. Protect what matters most to your organization first.
4. Threat Actor Correlation
Connect CVEs to specific threat actors and active campaigns. Understand who's targeting you and how.
5. Validated Exposures
Real-world attack simulations evaluate security control effectiveness. Know what is truly exploitable, not just theoretically risky.
6. 360° Exposure View
Complete visibility across networks, applications, open-source software, cloud environments, and containers.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How is this guide different from other vulnerability management content?
Most VM content is a variation on "patch faster." This is a guide to a whole new way to look at risk-why only 3% of exposures actually matter, and how to find them. The appraisal tends to the determination of the value of tangible assets in isolation. The guide also covers how Hive Pro’s approach aligns tightly with Gartner’s CTEM framework.
Will this help me understand why our scans keep showing thousands of findings?
Yes. It explains the root cause of VM noise, showing why traditional prioritization fails, even in mature programs.
Does the guide give a clear method for identifying the exposures that actually lead to breaches?
Exactly. It walks through a practical, step-by-step model based on attacker behavior, reachability, and exploitability, not CVSS.
Will I find real-world examples and not just theory?
Yes. You'll hear from other CISOs how such a shift to an exposure-first approach helped them reduce backlog, focus their teams, and improve MTTR.
How actionable is the guide-can I apply it right away?
Very much. The guide includes a simple framework you can start using right away to shrink noise, prioritize vulnerabilities, and show measurable risk reduction to leadership.