Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management vs. Tenable Nessus

In this era of hybrid work, shadow IT creates an increasingly serious security risk. Defender EASM helps cloud security teams see unknown and unmanaged resources outside the firewall.

Built for security practitioners, by security professionals, Nessus products by Tenable are the de-facto industry standard for vulnerability assessment. Nessus performs point-in-time assessments to help security professionals quickly and easily identify and fix vulnerabilities, including software flaws, missing patches, malware, and misconfigurations - across a variety of operating systems, devices, and applications.