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About Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management helps organizations reduce cybersecurity threats with a risk-based approach to vulnerability management. It supports continuous vulnerability assessment, risk-based prioritization, and remediation across endpoints and cloud workloads, helping teams discover, prioritize, and address the biggest risks before they are exploited. Instead of relying on periodic scans, Defender Vulnerability Management continuously discovers and monitors assets, detects risks even when endpoints are not connected to the corporate network, and provides alerts through agent-based modules and authenticated scanning. It delivers asset visibility, intelligent assessments, and built-in remediation tools and network devices, helping teams prioritize critical vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across the organization. Using Microsoft threat intelligence, breach likelihood predictions, business context, and device assessments.	About Nessus is trusted by more than 30,000 organizations worldwide as one of the most widely deployed security technologies on the planet - and the gold standard for vulnerability assessment. From the beginning, we've worked hand-in-hand with the security community. We continuously optimize Nessus based on community feedback to make it the most accurate and comprehensive vulnerability assessment solution in the market. 20 years later and we're still laser focused on community collaboration and product innovation to provide the most accurate and complete vulnerability data - so you don't miss critical issues which could put your organization at risk. Today, Nessus is trusted by more than 30,000 organizations worldwide as one of the most widely deployed security technologies on the planet - and the gold standard for vulnerability assessment.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Enterprise security operations teams that need continuous vulnerability discovery, prioritization, remediation tracking, and risk reduction across endpoints and cloud workloads	Audience IT professionals searching for a Vulnerability Assessment solution
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Company Information Microsoft Founded: 1975 United States www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-vulnerability-management	Company Information Tenable Founded: 2002 United States www.tenable.com/products/nessus
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Categories Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Management Vulnerability Scanners	Categories AI Pentesting Attack Surface Management Cyber Risk Management IT Security Network Monitoring Network Security Penetration Testing Security Risk Assessment Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Management Vulnerability Scanners
	Vulnerability Management Features Asset Discovery Asset Tagging Network Scanning Patch Management Policy Management Prioritization Risk Management Vulnerability Assessment Web Scanning
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