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# Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management Features

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## Monitoring (4)

Gap Analysis

Analyzes data associated with denied entries and policy enforcement, giving information of better authentication and security protocols.

Vulnerability Intelligence

Stores information related to common vulnerabilities and how to resolve them once incidents occur.

Compliance Monitoring

Monitors data quality and sends alerts based on violations or misuse.

Continuous Monitoring

Aggregates real-time updates and historical data from multiplate internal and external data sources to support ongoing proactive threat response.

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## Asset Management (3)

Asset Discovery

Detects new assets as they enter cloud environments and networks to add to asset inventory.

Shadow IT Detection

Identifies unsanctioned software.

Change Management

Provides tools to track and implement required security policy changes.

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## Risk Management (4)

Risk-Prioritization

Allows for vulnerability ranking by customized risk and threat priorities.

Reconnaissance

Gathers information about the system and potential exploits to be tested.

At-Risk Analysis

Uses machine learning to identify at-risk data.

Threat Intelligence

Stores information related to common threats and how to resolve them once incidents occur.

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## Generative AI (1)

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

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