Kenna Security

Kenna Security is the risk-based vulnerability management platform now part of Cisco as Cisco Vulnerability Management. Founded in Chicago and acquired by Cisco in 2021, the platform ingests scanner, asset, and threat-intelligence data to prioritize vulnerabilities by real-world exploitability and business risk. It exposes a REST API (the Kenna / Cisco Vulnerability Management API) at api.kennasecurity.com covering assets, asset groups, applications, findings, fixes, vulnerabilities, vulnerability intelligence, connectors, data exports, dashboards, metrics, roles, and users. The API uses an X-Risk-Token API-key header over HTTPS, page-number pagination, and JSON payloads. Kenna also publishes a first-party open-source Scripting Toolkit on GitHub for building connectors and integrations. Sector: cybersecurity / vulnerability management.

Kenna Security publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Management, Risk-Based Prioritization, and Threat Intelligence.

Kenna Security’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, changelog, engineering blog, support, authentication, and 12 more developer resources.

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26.3/100 emerging Agent 10/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 0 Features
CompanyCybersecurityVulnerability ManagementRisk-Based PrioritizationThreat IntelligenceSecurityCiscoREST API

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 26.3/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 10/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs

Cisco Vulnerability Management API (Kenna)

REST API for the Kenna / Cisco Vulnerability Management platform: manage assets, asset groups, applications, findings, fixes, vulnerabilities, vulnerability intelligence, connec...

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 CLI
CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 Deprecation
Deprecation
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kenna-security
name: Kenna Security
description: 'Kenna Security is the risk-based vulnerability management platform now part of Cisco as Cisco Vulnerability
  Management. Founded in Chicago and acquired by Cisco in 2021, the platform ingests scanner, asset, and threat-intelligence
  data to prioritize vulnerabilities by real-world exploitability and business risk. It exposes a REST API (the Kenna / Cisco
  Vulnerability Management API) at api.kennasecurity.com covering assets, asset groups, applications, findings, fixes, vulnerabilities,
  vulnerability intelligence, connectors, data exports, dashboards, metrics, roles, and users. The API uses an X-Risk-Token
  API-key header over HTTPS, page-number pagination, and JSON payloads. Kenna also publishes a first-party open-source Scripting
  Toolkit on GitHub for building connectors and integrations. Sector: cybersecurity / vulnerability management.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kenna-security/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bessemer-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Cybersecurity
- Vulnerability Management
- Risk-Based Prioritization
- Threat Intelligence
- Security
- Cisco
- REST API
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Cisco Vulnerability Management API (Kenna)
  description: 'REST API for the Kenna / Cisco Vulnerability Management platform: manage assets, asset groups, applications,
    findings, fixes, vulnerabilities, vulnerability intelligence, connectors, data exports, dashboards, metrics, roles, and
    users. Authenticated with an X-Risk-Token API-key header over HTTPS; JSON request/response with page-number pagination.'
  humanURL: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.kennasecurity.com
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/reference
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/reference/api-authentication
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kennasecurity.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/docs/getting-started
- type: APIReference
  url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/docs/getting-started
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/changelog
- type: Blog
  url: https://learn-cloudsecurity.cisco.com/vulnerability-management-resources
- type: Support
  url: https://help.kennasecurity.com/hc/en-us
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.kennasecurity.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/KennaSecurity
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kenna-security-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/kenna-security-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/kenna-security-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://apidocs.kennasecurity.com/docs/getting-started-with-vulnerability-inference-v2
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/kenna-security-changelog.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/kenna-security-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/kenna-security-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/kenna-security-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kenna-security-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence