Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\)

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title: Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\)
description: Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\) is a comprehensive platform designed to transform how organizations manage security exposure across their digital estate. It consolidates multiple security exposure applications including Vulnerability Response, Configuration Compliance, Application Vulnerability Response, and Container Vulnerability Response into a single, cohesive architecture.
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# Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\)

Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\) is a comprehensive platform designed to transform how organizations manage security exposure across their digital estate. It consolidates multiple security exposure applications including Vulnerability Response, Configuration Compliance, Application Vulnerability Response, and Container Vulnerability Response into a single, cohesive architecture.

**Important:** Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\) is a major architectural upgrade to Vulnerability Response applications. If you are currently using Vulnerability Response and upgrading to USEM for the first time, you must use the Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management to ensure a successful upgrade.

For detailed information, refer [KB2556844](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2556844) and [Migrating from Vulnerability Response to Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/migrating-to-usem.md) before proceeding.

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[Explore \[Omitted image "bus-explore.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about Unified Security Exposure Management concepts and features.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/exploring-unified-security-exposure-management.md)

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[Configure \[Omitted image "bus-sdlc.svg"\] Alt text: Learn to configure Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/configuring-security-exposure-management.md)

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[Integrate \[Omitted image "bus-integration-and-apis.svg"\] Alt text: Extend Unified Security Exposure Management by integrating with other applications.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/integrating-usem.md)

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[Use \[Omitted image "bus-agent-workspace-1.svg"\] Alt text: Learn how to monitor, manage, and remediate findings in Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/using-unified-security-exposure-management.md)

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[Reference \[Omitted image "bus-learn.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about additional resources in Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/unified-security-exposure-management-reference.md)

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[Upgrade Vulnerability Response to USEM \[Omitted image "bus-switch.svg"\] Alt text: Upgrade Vulnerability Response applications to Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/migrating-to-usem.md)

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[Vulnerability Response \[Omitted image "bus-explore.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about Vulnerability Response concepts and features.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/vuln-landing-page.md)

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[Application Vulnerability Response \[Omitted image "bus-sdlc.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about Application Vulnerability Response concepts and features.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/application-vulnerability-response/avr-landing.md)

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[Container Vulnerability Response \[Omitted image "bus-alignment.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about Container Vulnerability Response concepts and features.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/container-vulnerability-response/cvr-landing.md)

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[Configuration Compliance \[Omitted image "bus-compliance.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about Configuration Compliance concepts and features.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/configuration-compliance/vr-config-compliance-landing.md)

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[Vulnerability Response Workspaces \[Omitted image "bus-agent-workspace-1.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about the Vulnerability Response Workspaces.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-wkspace-overview-v16.md)

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[Software Bill of Materials \[Omitted image "bus-work-order.svg"\] Alt text: Learn about the Software Bill of Materials concepts and features.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/sbom-core/sbom-landing.md)

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