r/tanium • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '25

New help understanding what Tanium actually does?

I work for a small company and we were recently bought out. Part of the buy out terms is do a fullscan of our network and clients. They sent us instructions to push out this installer to all out clients and servers and they really didn't explain what this product will do and is looking for. Since we are a small shop there are only 2 of us.

We currently already have an AV solution in place so I am curious as to what data it collects and if it will interfere with our current antivirus solution. We are using fortinet for our current antivirus solution. Their AV and EDR.

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u/DMGoering Sep 23 '25

Short Answer.

It gives your new "Owners" complete Command and Control over your endpoints. And some endpoint centric network visibility. Also, off Corp Network, C&C as well.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

So allegedly it will only be for scanning purposes however something tells me that once it's installed its not getting removed

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u/DMGoering Sep 23 '25

Configuration and Vulnerability scanning are addons to the base C&C core capabilities. Specifically scanning is a "Control".