Tanium

What Tanium does

Tanium is a privately held cybersecurity and autonomous IT company headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, founded in 2007 and operating across 14+ offices globally with 1,001–5,000 employees. It sells a unified Autonomous IT Platform built on a patented Linear Chain Architecture—a peer-to-peer distribution model that queries millions of endpoints in roughly 15 seconds without sampling or hub-and-spoke bottlenecks—delivered through a single lightweight agent that consolidates endpoint management, exposure management, and security operations. The platform is layered with Tanium AI for natural-language queries and autonomous remediation, and is now anchored by Tanium Atlas, an agentic AI operating system introduced in May 2026 and generally available from June 22, 2026, which runs on a curated ensemble of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models grounded in real-time endpoint telemetry from 36M+ endpoints.

The company serves approximately 2,500 customers including 40% of the Fortune 100, 8 of the 10 top U.S. banks, all six branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and large healthcare, retail, and state/local government buyers. Reported ARR was $700M in 2024 at an $8.9–9B private valuation. Revenue is generated through quote-based enterprise subscriptions (perpetual licenses plus support, and cloud-delivered Tanium-as-a-Service), partner-led managed services (Foresite, DXC, WWT, Computacenter), co-sell arrangements with Microsoft and ServiceNow (including marketplace listings in the Microsoft Security Storefront and ServiceNow Store), and certification/training programs. Distribution is anchored by deep technology alliances with Microsoft and ServiceNow and a global SI channel (EY, Accenture, Capgemini, Avanade, CDW); the company sells primarily via direct enterprise field sales augmented by channel partners.

Recent strategic emphasis has been on regulatory certifications (FedRAMP Moderate, CMMC Level 2, NATO IAPC, ANSSI CSPN, GovRAMP) that anchor federal and defense expansion, on geographic buildout into APAC (Atlas regional launch and a new ASEAN/APAC leadership bench), and on AI-driven autonomous IT positioning. The company is recognized as a Leader in three top analyst assessments—2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools, The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Management Platforms Q2 2026, and IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software 2025–2026—and has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 for ten consecutive years.

Name

Tanium

Legal name

Tanium Inc.

Website

https://tanium.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Tanium is a privately held cybersecurity and autonomous IT company that sells a single-agent, real-time endpoint platform for endpoint management, exposure management, and security operations to approximately 2,500 enterprise and government customers including 40% of the Fortune 100 and 8 of the top 10 U.S. banks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Endpoint Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (HDABAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

CNAPP Platforms (Unified CNAPP) (HDADADAA), IT Operations Management (ITOM) Platforms (HDAEALAC), IT Asset Management (ITAM) Platforms (HDAEALAD), Identity, Access & Privileged Access Management (IAM/PAM) for OT/IT (EUADANAD)

Keywords

• Endpoint management software
• Cybersecurity platform
• Vulnerability management
• Autonomous IT platform
• Patch management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Kirkland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Subscription / SaaS ARR: Tanium reports $700 million in annual recurring revenue for 2024 across approximately 2,500 customers, consistent with an enterprise subscription/contract-based model sold to large organizations and government agencies (perpetual licenses plus support, plus Tanium-as-a-Service cloud delivery).
2. Government and FedRAMP Cloud Subscriptions: Recurring revenue from U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies (including DoD, civilian agencies, and FedRAMP Moderate-authorized cloud deployments) for the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform under multi-year contracts.
3. Managed Services via Partners: Partner-led managed service offerings (e.g., Foresite Cybersecurity's Managed Autonomous Endpoint Operations, DXC and WWT AEM services) that wrap Tanium with advisory or fully managed delivery, generating recurring managed-services revenue around the platform.
4. Co-sell / Joint Solutions with Strategic Partners: Revenue from jointly engineered products and marketplaces such as ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium (ServiceNow), Tanium AI Agent for ServiceNow, Tanium Security Triage Agent in Microsoft Security Copilot, and Tanium Connector for Microsoft Intune.
5. Training and Certification: Tanium offers paid certification exams (TCO, TCA, TCSCD, TCPEM, TCPRS) delivered via Pearson VUE, plus instructor-led and self-paced training programs, generating ancillary professional-services revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Tanium provides a unified Autonomous IT Platform built on a patented Linear Chain peer-to-peer architecture with a single lightweight agent that delivers endpoint management, exposure management, and security operations across millions of endpoints in real time. The platform powers automated patching, vulnerability remediation, threat hunting, and agentic AI workflows for enterprise IT and security teams. Tanium Atlas, the agentic AI autonomous operating system, sits above the platform to unify investigation and remediation via natural-language queries grounded in real-time endpoint telemetry.

Product overview

Tanium offers a single unified Autonomous IT Platform built on a patented linear-chain peer-to-peer architecture with one agent, deployed across more than 36 million endpoints worldwide. The core Tanium Autonomous IT Platform consists of three layers — Tanium AI (natural-language and agentic AI), real-time intelligence (live endpoint data layer), and unified action (single console for patch, configure, deploy, isolate, remediate) — and is delivered through three core solution modules: Tanium Endpoint Management (autonomous patching, software deployment, configuration management, asset visibility, mobile and DEX), Tanium Exposure Management (Tanium Comply, Integrity Monitor, Tanium Reveal, Tanium SBOM for continuous vulnerability monitoring and integrated remediation), and Tanium Security Operations (real-time threat hunting, EDR, autonomous response, deep forensics). Sitting above these modules is Tanium Atlas, the agentic AI autonomous operating system that unifies investigation and remediation through natural-language queries and background agents. Supporting capabilities include Tanium Ask / Tanium Ask Agent, Tanium Threat Navigator, Tanium Anomaly Detection, Tanium Enforce, Tanium Guardian / Guardian Spotlight, Tanium Jump Gate, HuntIQ, Tanium Comply, Tanium Reveal, Tanium SBOM, Integrity Monitor, Tanium Automate, Tanium Benchmark, and the Tanium Connector for Microsoft Intune / Edge for Business / Entra ID. Tanium also offers integrated solutions with ServiceNow (Tanium ITX for ServiceNow, Tanium Security Operations for ServiceNow, Tanium IRM for ServiceNow, the Tanium AI Agent for ServiceNow, and the joint ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium) and Microsoft (Tanium Security Triage Agent in Microsoft Security Copilot, and integrations with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel). Together these components form a single platform for endpoint management, exposure management, and security operations, augmented by agentic AI for autonomous IT.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tanium Autonomous IT Platform: Unified platform combining endpoint management, exposure management, and security operations, powered by real-time endpoint intelligence and AI-driven automation.
• Tanium Atlas
• Tanium AEM (Autonomous Endpoint Management)
• Tanium Ask
• Tanium Threat Navigator
• Tanium Anomaly Detection
• Tanium Enforce
• Tanium Guardian
• Tanium AI
• Tanium Jump Gate
• Tanium Comply
• Integrity Monitor
• Tanium Reveal
• Tanium SBOM
• Tanium ITX for ServiceNow
• Tanium Security Operations for ServiceNow
• Tanium Integrated Risk Management (IRM) for ServiceNow
• Tanium Security Triage Agent
• ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium
• HuntIQ
• Connector for Microsoft Edge for Business
• Tanium Automate
• Tanium Exposure Management
• Tanium Benchmark

Products and services

• Tanium Autonomous IT Platform Unified single-agent platform delivering real-time endpoint intelligence, AI-driven automation, and consolidated IT operations and security. Built on Tanium's patented linear-chain peer-to-peer architecture that scales to millions of endpoints with low WAN impact, comprising the Tanium AI layer, real-time intelligence data layer, and unified action layer.
• Tanium Atlas Agentic AI autonomous operating system built on the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform that unifies investigation and remediation. Provides an AI-first console with natural-language queries, background agents, end-to-end workflows, and governance with operator-defined autonomy limits.
• Tanium Endpoint Management

Quantifiable outcome

• 235% ROI / $20.1M total benefits over three years, payback under six months (Forrester TEI study of a composite global enterprise)
• +15 more outcomes

Named customers46 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles9 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration20 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

32 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic integration partner, strategic whole-of-state partner, strategic technology partner for external attack surface, strategic nato certification, flagship customer showcase, strategic regional financial sector partnership, flagship strategic partner, strategic managed-services partner, strategic partner for government of canada deployment, strategic siem integration, strategic aem lab partner, major global si partner, strategic global si partner, strategic microsoft-aligned si partner, strategic channel reseller, strategic ai model partner, strategic crm/integration partner, strategic cloud infrastructure partner, strategic security ecosystem partner, strategic vulnerability management integration and collaboration ecosystem partner.

• ScreenMeetstrategic integration partnerTechnology or Integration · 22 June 2026Tanium integrated ScreenMeet to deliver one-click screen sharing embedded in Tanium and ServiceNow workflows, enabling IT SecOps and support teams to resolve issues quickly without tool switching. AI-generated session summaries improve documentation and auditability.
• North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT - SecureNC)strategic whole-of-state partnerOthers · 18 June 2026NCDIT selected Tanium as the state's whole-of-state cybersecurity partner through the SecureNC program to deliver unified, statewide cyber protection across counties, cities, universities, and critical services. The phased rollout targets under-resourced jurisdictions and provides real-time endpoint visibility, automated threat response, and coordinated incident management.
• Censysstrategic technology partner for external attack surfaceTechnology or Integration · 2 June 2026Tanium announced a partnership with Censys to deliver unified exposure management across internal and external attack surfaces. Censys provides the external attack surface data that Tanium Exposure Management combines with real-time endpoint intelligence.
• NATO (Cyber Security Centre) - Information Assurance Product Cataloguestrategic nato certificationOthers · 17 May 2026Four Tanium products were added to the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue after evaluation by the NATO Cyber Security Centre, covering endpoint management, security operations, exposure management, and the core platform. The catalogue serves as a validated reference for NATO nations and allied bodies identifying information assurance products.
• McDonald'sflagship customer showcaseGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 May 2026McDonald's VP of Enterprise Platforms & Products Tricia Rigel led a joint demonstration at ServiceNow Knowledge '26 showcasing Tanium and ServiceNow powering an 'Autonomous State of the Restaurant' system across more than 43,000 restaurants, leveraging Tanium's global standardization, device security, and real-time endpoint data synced with the CMDB.
• Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) - Malaysian Financial Sector Frameworkstrategic regional financial sector partnershipOthers · 8 May 2026Tanium launched a new endpoint compliance and incident response framework to help Malaysian banks and financial institutions meet cybersecurity requirements set by Bank Negara Malaysia, including BNM's Risk Management in Technology guidelines and Management of Customer Information and Permitted Disclosures policy. Provides real-time visibility, continuous compliance monitoring, device isolation, and audit trails.
• ServiceNowflagship strategic partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 2026Tanium and ServiceNow announced a strategic partnership at ServiceNow Knowledge 2026 to jointly deliver ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium, integrating Tanium's real-time endpoint intelligence with ServiceNow's IT Operations Management, AI agents, and CMDB. The joint solution enables AI agents to perform autonomous remediation including patching without manual intervention and is projected to reduce MTTR by 60%. ServiceNow itself is Tanium's 'Customer Zero' and uses Tanium to manage ~30,000 endpoints. Earlier (Nov 2025) Tanium launched the Tanium AI Agent for ServiceNow at Converge 2025.
• Foresite Cybersecuritystrategic managed-services partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 13 April 2026Foresite Cybersecurity announced a strategic partnership with Tanium to launch a managed autonomous endpoint operations service built on the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform. The service targets mid-market and enterprise customers (including public sector) and is offered in two engagement models—advisory-led Essentials and fully managed Complete—providing real-time endpoint visibility, automated patch management, and compliance enforcement.
• Computacenter (Canada)strategic partner for government of canada deploymentImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 18 January 2026Tanium and Computacenter Canada Inc. partnered to achieve Authority to Operate (ATO) for the Government of Canada's Endpoint Visibility, Awareness and Security (EVAS) program. Computacenter leads design, implementation, and deployment of the national security program on the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform, providing real-time visibility into government networks and endpoints managed by Shared Services Canada.
• Microsoftflagship strategic partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2025Tanium is a deeply integrated Microsoft partner with native connectors across Microsoft Security Copilot, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Intune (Tanium Connector for Intune). Tanium Security Triage Agent and Tanium Security Triage Agent with Identity Insights are generally available in Microsoft Security Copilot via the Microsoft Security Storefront. Tanium won the 2025 Americas Partner of the Year Software Development Company (SDC) US Award for the third consecutive year.
• Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM ecosystem)strategic siem integrationTechnology or Integration · 5 October 2025Tanium is a proud participant in the Microsoft Sentinel Partner Ecosystem, delivering real-time, enhanced telemetry from Tanium endpoints into Microsoft Sentinel to reduce complexity and increase incident response efficacy.
• World Wide Technology (WWT)strategic aem lab partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 24 August 2025Tanium and WWT strengthened their alliance by opening a new Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) Lab to accelerate endpoint management and security for joint customers, combining WWT's integration expertise with the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform.
• DXC Technologymajor global si partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 25 April 2025Tanium and DXC Technology partnered on Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) to boost cybersecurity in Australasia and other regions, leveraging DXC's global delivery capabilities with Tanium's Autonomous IT Platform for enterprise and government customers.
• EY (Ernst & Young)strategic global si partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEY is featured as a flagship Tanium partner on the Partners page, providing global implementation, advisory, and managed-service capabilities around the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform.
• Capgeministrategic global si partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCapgemini is featured as a flagship Tanium partner on the Partners page, delivering consulting, integration, and managed services for Tanium customers globally.
• Accenturestrategic global si partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccenture is featured as a flagship Tanium partner on the Partners page, providing large-scale consulting and managed-service delivery around Tanium's Autonomous IT Platform.
• Avanadestrategic microsoft-aligned si partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAvanade is featured as a flagship Tanium partner on the Partners page; co-markets and co-delivers Tanium + Microsoft solutions to enterprise customers.
• CDWstrategic channel resellerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCDW is featured as a flagship Tanium partner on the Partners page, distributing Tanium to enterprise and mid-market customers across North America.
• endpointXstrategic channel resellerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorendpointX is featured as a Tanium partner on the Partners page, providing Tanium-based endpoint solutions to enterprise customers.
• OpenAIstrategic ai model partnerTechnology or IntegrationTanium Atlas runs on a curated ensemble of AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and other providers, grounded in Tanium's real-time endpoint telemetry to deliver agentic AI workflows for IT and security operators.
• Anthropicstrategic ai model partnerTechnology or IntegrationAnthropic's Claude models are part of the curated ensemble that powers Tanium Atlas alongside OpenAI and Google models.
• Googlestrategic ai model partnerTechnology or IntegrationGoogle's AI models are part of the curated ensemble that powers Tanium Atlas alongside OpenAI and Anthropic models.
• Salesforcestrategic crm/integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationSalesforce is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page; Tanium also uses Salesforce internally (affected by Klue supply chain breach in June 2026).
• Splunk (Cisco)strategic siem integrationTechnology or IntegrationNative connector to Splunk for SIEM integration listed on the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform ecosystem page, allowing Tanium endpoint intelligence to enrich Splunk analytics.
• AWSstrategic cloud infrastructure partnerTechnology or IntegrationAWS is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for cloud and infrastructure integration.
• Palo Alto Networksstrategic security ecosystem partnerTechnology or IntegrationPalo Alto Networks is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for security stack interoperability.
• IBM QRadarstrategic siem integrationTechnology or IntegrationIBM QRadar is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for SIEM/SOAR interoperability.
• Google Chroniclestrategic siem integrationTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Chronicle is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for SIEM/SOAR interoperability.
• Rapid7strategic vulnerability management integrationTechnology or IntegrationRapid7 is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for vulnerability management interoperability; Cynomi also listed Rapid7 InsightVM as an integration.
• Tenablestrategic vulnerability management integrationTechnology or IntegrationTenable is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for vulnerability management interoperability; Cynomi listed Tenable as a vulnerability management integration partner.
• Slackcollaboration ecosystem partnerTechnology or IntegrationSlack is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for collaboration and workflow integration.
• SentinelOnestrategic security ecosystem partnerTechnology or IntegrationSentinelOne is featured as a Tanium ecosystem integration partner on the platform page for endpoint security interoperability.

Scale indicators22 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike's Falcon platform is the leading cloud-native endpoint security and security operations platform, directly competing with Tanium's Security Operations and exposure management capabilities and increasingly with its agentic AI assistant (Charlotte AI). Both target Fortune 100 enterprises with single-agent endpoint architectures and similar SOC use cases.
• Ivanti: Ivanti Neurons for Endpoint Management and Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management compete with Tanium Endpoint Management and Autonomous Patch Management, particularly in IT operations-led (not security-led) enterprise buyers and federal accounts.
• SentinelOne: SentinelOne's Singularity platform provides AI-driven endpoint detection, response, and autonomous remediation across endpoint and cloud workloads, competing head-to-head with Tanium's Security Operations and Tanium Ask/Atlas agentic AI capabilities.
• ManageEngine (Zoho): ManageEngine Endpoint Central is a widely deployed endpoint management and security suite competing with Tanium Endpoint Management, particularly in mid-market and cost-sensitive enterprise customers that cannot afford Tanium's enterprise licensing.
• Rapid7: Rapid7 InsightVM and the Insight platform deliver vulnerability management, security operations, and endpoint analytics that compete directly with Tanium's exposure management and security operations modules, particularly in mid-market and enterprise customers seeking integrated SecOps.
• Tenable: Tenable's Nessus and Tenable One platform provide vulnerability management, exposure management, and asset visibility — directly comparable to Tanium Exposure Management, Tanium Comply, and Tanium SBOM, with similar Fortune 100 and federal customer bases.

Emerging players

• HCL BigFix: HCL BigFix is a longstanding endpoint management and security platform that competes with Tanium's Endpoint Management capabilities, particularly in large regulated and federal customers seeking a mature on-premises lifecycle management solution.

Broad incumbents

• ServiceNow: ServiceNow's ITOM, ITSM, Security Operations, and IRM products are both Tanium's deepest integration partner (ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium, Tanium AI Agent for ServiceNow) and a strategic competitor via its own CMDB and native agentic AI workflows within large enterprise accounts.
• Palo Alto Networks (Cortex): Palo Alto Networks' Cortex XDR and XSIAM platform consolidates endpoint, network, and cloud security operations with AI-driven analytics, competing with Tanium's Security Operations module while leveraging Palo Alto's broader network security footprint in enterprise accounts.
• Microsoft Intune and Defender for Endpoint: Microsoft bundles Intune (endpoint management) and Defender for Endpoint (EDR) into the Microsoft 365 and Security Copilot ecosystem, offering a credible alternative for enterprises already standardized on Microsoft. Tanium's Connectors for Intune, Edge, Entra ID, and Security Copilot position it as both partner and competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance14 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds13 records

Investors14 records

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M&A

Investments1 record

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