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Microsoft Defender for Business vs OpenSCAP

Microsoft Defender for Business

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OpenSCAP

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FigureMicrosoft Defender for BusinessOpenSCAP
Price from$0.25/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
Linux—Yes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYes—
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published41
Spec score · Security Configuration Management Software8.5 (#6)7.7 (#13)
IntegrationsThe product integrates with Microsoft 365 Lighthouse and can work with remote monitoring and management tools and professional services automation software.The site lists integrations with Red Hat Satellite 6 (Foreman), Red Hat Satellite 5 (Spacewalk), RH Access Insights, Preupgrade Assistant, and orcharhino.
PurposeMicrosoft Defender for Business is an endpoint security solution for small and medium-sized businesses with up to 300 users that helps protect devices from ransomware, malware, phishing, and other threats.OpenSCAP is a collection of open source tools for implementing and enforcing the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) standard.

Plans

Microsoft Defender for Business

  • Microsoft Defender for Business$3 a month
  • Microsoft Entra Internet Access$5 a month
  • Microsoft Entra Suite$12 a month
  • Microsoft Defender for Business$3 a year

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OpenSCAP

  • OpenSCAP toolsFree

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Microsoft Defender for Business

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OpenSCAP

OpenSCAP is a free collection of open-source tools for applying and enforcing the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) standard. It provides customizable policies for security compliance and automated vulnerability assessment. OpenSCAP Base includes a library and the oscap command-line tool for parsing and evaluating SCAP content, scanning systems and producing documents. It supports XCCDF benchmarks and OVAL definitions, with SCAP 1.2 support and backward compatibility for SCAP 1.1 and 1.0. SCAP Workbench can tailor content, run local or remote scans, and export results; OpenSCAP Daemon schedules assessments of machines and containers. Policy variables and rules can be changed, and customized policies saved separately for reuse. Integrations listed include Red Hat Satellite, RH Access Insights, Preupgrade Assistant and orcharhino. With Red Hat Satellite 6, the site describes centralized policy management, scheduled audits and audit-result collection and search. OpenSCAP Base is available on Linux distributions including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu; the project also reports Windows support since version 1.3.0. Policies may include automated remediation, but some rules cannot be remediated automatically, and remediation may disrupt infrastructure functionality.

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