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# Unified Security Exposure Management

# Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM) {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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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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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://www.servicenow.com/docs/R08p2oO9FYuOKynEUmAQ6Q "The Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management is a centralized utility that guides and automates the migration from Vulnerability Response applications to Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM). USEM provides a unified foundation that consolidates data models, streamlines features, and enhances performance and scalability across all Security Exposure Management applications.") before proceeding.

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| [Explore Learn about Unified Security Exposure Management concepts and features.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/YhulkKRCgPhD8z8W3qmlvQ "Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM) is a platform that brings together infrastructure, application, container, and configuration exposures into one unified experience.") | [Configure Learn to configure Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/LOoKih6z10ylao0vi43Cgw "This section guides you through the entire process of implementing Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM) on your ServiceNow AI Platform instance. It provides detailed instructions on how to download the application from the ServiceNow Store, install it, and configure it to optimize your security workflows.") | [Integrate Extend Unified Security Exposure Management by integrating with other applications.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/YHUITna7ZKZSq2UdOpnO1g "Unified Security Exposure Management supports multiple third-party integrations to help with vulnerability management, orchestration and remediation. This section provides guidelines for managing and developing integrations.") |
| [Use Learn how to monitor, manage, and remediate findings in Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/J1TqyFRnfb6n8G4YEjDQ2w "Unified Security Exposure Management provides a comprehensive platform for managing vulnerabilities and ensuring compliance across your organization. By unifying workflows across Vulnerability Response (VR), Application Vulnerability Response (AVR), Container Vulnerability Response (CVR), and Configuration Compliance (CC), you can view all findings in one place, streamline workflows and improve overall efficiency.") | [Reference Learn about additional resources in Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/3z5v~1h2RmIkUcngCnmyFA "Reference topic contains information about tables, roles, scheduled jobs and properties installed with the Unified Security Exposure Management application. It also includes additional references.") | [Upgrade Vulnerability Response to USEM Upgrade Vulnerability Response applications to Unified Security Exposure Management.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/R08p2oO9FYuOKynEUmAQ6Q "The Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management is a centralized utility that guides and automates the migration from Vulnerability Response applications to Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM). USEM provides a unified foundation that consolidates data models, streamlines features, and enhances performance and scalability across all Security Exposure Management applications.") |
[Table 1. Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM)]

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| [Vulnerability Response Learn about Vulnerability Response concepts and features.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/y88_ocCNVYbD4ej299MFlA "The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) and other sources collect information about known vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can include weaknesses in software, operating systems that malware can exploit, and other attacks. The ServiceNow Vulnerability Response application aids you in tracking, prioritizing, and resolving these vulnerabilities.") | [Application Vulnerability Response Learn about Application Vulnerability Response concepts and features.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ZRXtUafOb1YstOzu9RmtEw "The Application Vulnerability Response (AVR) feature of the ServiceNow Vulnerability Response application imports application vulnerable items (AVITs) and, according to rules, allows you to remediate application vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Response is available by separate subscription.") | [Container Vulnerability Response Learn about Container Vulnerability Response concepts and features.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/8NItVCMlwF56dx7qNh6FPQ "The ServiceNow Container Vulnerability Response application imports container vulnerable items (CVITs) and according to the rules enables you to remediate container vulnerabilities. Vulnerability data is pulled from internal and external sources, such as the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) or third-party integrations.") |
| [Configuration Compliance Learn about Configuration Compliance concepts and features.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/vwiGSBtsRfzChXdZZ6rWWg "The ServiceNow Configuration Compliance application is a Secure Configuration Assessment (SCA) application that aggregates scan results from integrations with third-party configuration scanning applications. You can prioritize configuration compliance issues using your Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Configuration Compliance tightly integrates with the IT change management process to remediate your non-compliant configurations.") | [Vulnerability Response Workspaces Learn about the Vulnerability Response Workspaces.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KM0VdRmvmxU19je8kBvqWA "Vulnerability Response Workspaces offer a consolidated view of the features that enables you to multi-task from within the same pane by boosting productivity and saving time.") | [Software Bill of Materials Learn about the Software Bill of Materials concepts and features.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/8kfenPyC4a589uw3HAj_bg "View a list of the open source and third-party software components that you’re using in your application development. Get insights into software licenses, version information, and the known vulnerabilities in your components in the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) files that you upload into your instance.") |
[Table 2. Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM) applications]

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