Tanium: Autonomous IT Moves Closer With Platform Updates

At the company’s annual Converge conference in Orlando, Tanium announced a slew of additions to its platform, targeting AI-enabled automation, mobile endpoint security needs, and more.

Autonomous operations come closer to reality for security and IT teams

As organizations face challenges such as scaling productivity, reducing operational complexity, and ensuring safety and security, Tanium is leveraging AI to transform IT operations and security. 

Its myriad announcements on the second day of its conference showcase how Tanium is working toward the ultimate goal of autonomous security operations.

“Tanium continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible by leveraging AI and real-time endpoint intelligence to empower organizations to move from reactive to autonomous operations,” said Matt Quinn, chief technology officer at Tanium, in a statement. “Unveiling these innovations at our Converge conference is especially meaningful – it’s where our community comes together to shape the future of autonomous IT. Leveraging our unique linear chain architecture, these advancements deliver end-to-end outcomes at speed and scale – all through a single, unified platform.”

During the mainstage keynote on Tuesday, CEO Dan Streetman emphasized the need for Tanium and its’ partners and customers to deliver secure speed at scale, positing the company is focused on autonomous IT, not just security, as the future of operational excellence.

“We’re focused on a future where organizations can operate free from disruption and can improve people’s lives,” Streetman said. “Autonomous IT makes this possible. And to be clear, we believe that Tanium is the only platform that delivers real-time intelligence, direct from your IT infrastructure, the moment you request it.” 

Agentic AI additions include ServiceNow partnership, Tanium Ask, and more

How Tanium and its platform leverage agentic AI to deliver outcomes continues to expand, with new features focused on remediation and related activities to reduce the burden on security teams.

Key updates include:

• Tanium Ask: Tanium’s first agentic AI experience introduces a new paradigm in operational efficiency by integrating AI-driven workflows directly into the Tanium platform. From data discovery and software management to dashboard summarization and embedded documentation, Tanium Ask enables administrators to investigate, troubleshoot, and remediate issues in a single streamlined experience. Tanium Ask also extends to security operations use cases, enriching security data to automate alert investigation and triage with precise, actionable recommendations. 
• Tanium AI Agent for ServiceNow: The Tanium AI agent is embedded directly into  ServiceNow’s Now Assist experience and agentic framework. When an incident is opened, the Tanium AI Agent automatically pulls real-time endpoint intelligence, such as user activity, application versions, and device status, into the workflow. From a single chat interface, administrators can get accurate answers and perform recommended actions, such as rebooting a device or uninstalling software, eliminating the need for time-consuming investigations. 

ServiceNow and Tanium have partnered over the past seven years on integrations and use cases for mutual customers. Now, that extends deeper into AI capabilities and efficiency gains for users across the technology stack.

Extended endpoint management and security operations offerings also join platform

Tanium has also extended the types of environments and devices its endpoint solutions protect, as organizations find themselves defending a widening attack surface from a myriad of threats.

The highlights of Tanium’s announcements in endpoint capabilities include:

• Tanium Endpoint Management for Operational Technology (OT): Expanding Tanium’s endpoint management capabilities into OT environments provides real-time visibility and actionable insights for traditionally siloed assets. By integrating OT devices such as human-machine interfaces and programmable logic controllers, Tanium enables unified oversight across IT and industrial domains. This visibility bridges the gap between operational resilience and security, ensuring that critical infrastructure benefits from the same agility and intelligence that drive modern IT operations. 

Tanium Endpoint Management for Mobile: Starting with Macs, iPhones, and iPads, incorporating mobile endpoints into Tanium’s platform enables consistent visibility, configuration enforcement, and remote actions. As organizations adapt to hybrid work and device diversity, the expansion across mobile endpoints strengthens enterprise agility and operational confidence. 

Tanium Connector for Microsoft Intune: Provides organizations with unified visibility, reporting, and responsive actions across mobile and IT devices by integrating device telemetry from Microsoft Intune-managed endpoints into the Tanium platform. This integration addresses the fragmentation of endpoint management, delivering comprehensive visibility and effective remediation across the entire device landscape.

The additions made to Tanium’s security operations offerings include:

Tanium HuntIQ: Embedding seasoned, hands-on-keyboard Tanium experts directly into customer environments helps to optimize security operations performance,  strengthen resilience, and proactively detect stealthy threats to close visibility gaps and accelerate security operations maturity. 

Tanium Jump Gate: Built on Tanium’s existing client architecture, Tanium Jump Gate helps organizations eliminate standing access, enforce Zero Trust principles, and provide real-time oversight with just-in-time and just-enough access to sensitive resources.  

We’ll have more coverage from Tanium Converge, including analysis of the company’s roadmap to autonomous IT, throughout the week.