Founder Profile
Renaud Deraison
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Renaud Deraison?
Renaud Deraison is a founder of Tenable, which was founded in 2002 with Ron Gula and Jack Huffard.
- Company founded
- Tenable
- Founded
- 2002
- Co-founders
- Ron Gula and Jack Huffard
Founding Story
Renaud Deraison co-founded Tenable in 2002 and served as Chief Technology Officer until 2022. In 1998, at the age of 17, Deraison created Nessus, authoring the initial codebase to offer a free, extensible alternative to proprietary vulnerability scanners. He authored over 1,000 vulnerability plugins and led Tenable's global engineering and threat research teams for two decades. Deraison directed the transition of Nessus to Nessus 3 and guided the technological evolution that birthed Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, and Tenable One. In 2023, he was formally inducted into the Cyber Security Hall of Fame.
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