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Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense
The scan found 4,000 CVEs. IT has a maintenance window on Sunday — Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense is an add-on for Workspace ONE UEM customers who also run CrowdStrike Falcon: Falcon finds and rates the CVEs, and the UEM console patches them on Windows desktops and servers — at $3 a device a month, or included in Platinum.
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The Omnissa platform family
This page covers Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense — an add-on that needs Workspace ONE UEM and a CrowdStrike licence. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Requires
- Workspace ONE UEM, plus CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management licensed directly from CrowdStrike
- What it does
- Shows Falcon’s known-CVE findings in the UEM console and patches them with UEM’s own update tools
- Scope
- Windows desktops and Windows Server only; known CVEs, not configuration posture
- Prioritisation
- CrowdStrike’s ExPRT.AI rating, which predicts how likely a flaw is to be exploited, not CVSS alone
- Fix library
- OS patching plus the Enterprise App Repository of more than 10,000 prepackaged app updates
- Price
- $3 a device a month list as a Workspace ONE add-on; the Platinum edition includes it
- Not resold
- Omnissa does not resell CrowdStrike, so the Falcon licence is a second contract to budget
- Timeline
- Announced September 2025; an agent that prepares patches for human approval followed in September 2026
- India
- Runs in Workspace ONE UEM SaaS, which lists an India instance; Falcon’s India region is unconfirmed
- In India via
- TechBag — the Omnissa and CrowdStrike lines scoped together, one quote in INR with GST
Understand vulnerability remediation before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is vulnerability remediation?
Remediation closes known CVEs on your machines, the step after a scanner or sensor has found them.
A CVE spreadsheet passed to IT vs Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | A CVE spreadsheet passed to IT | Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense |
|---|---|---|
| CVE handover | A spreadsheet from security to IT | Falcon findings inside the UEM console |
| Patch order | Every critical CVSS score first | ExPRT.AI exploit likelihood first |
| App fixes | A package built by hand per app | 10,000+ prepackaged app updates |
| Change control | Reboots whenever the patch lands | Fixes inside your existing maintenance windows |
| Proof of fix | Wait for next month’s scan | Closure confirmed without a separate scan |
| What it is NOT | — | A scanner, or coverage beyond Windows |
The cheapest test is one pilot group for a month: patch its top ExPRT.AI findings inside normal maintenance windows and count what closes.
The four pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Falcon
CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform assesses each Windows machine for known flaws and gives each an ExPRT.AI rating; it is licensed and paid for separately, direct from CrowdStrike.
Vulnerability Defense
The Omnissa add-on maps each finding to the devices it affects, ranks it for action, and tracks progress until the vulnerability is confirmed closed.
UEM patching
Findings appear in the UEM console; OS updates, or one of 10,000+ prepackaged app updates, go out under the maintenance windows your team already uses.
VD agent
Announced in September 2026, the agent reviews and prioritises findings and prepares a patch, which an administrator approves before anything deploys.
CrowdStrike Falcon assesses and rates each CVE; Vulnerability Defense maps it to devices, and Workspace ONE UEM patches it and confirms closure.
Nine capabilities. Assess, prioritise, remediate.
Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense turns CrowdStrike’s CVE findings into patches from the UEM console — Windows only, with a human approving the fix.
Every known CVE, per device
See which known vulnerabilities sit on which Windows desktops and servers, and how many devices each one affects across the estate.
What attackers are using
Findings flag which vulnerabilities attackers are exploiting today, using the CrowdStrike threat intelligence behind the Falcon data.
Desktops and Windows Server
Windows Server is in scope beside desktops, so one view covers the file, print and application servers that UEM already manages.
Likelihood, not just severity
CrowdStrike’s ExPRT.AI rating predicts how likely each flaw is to be exploited and adjusts as threats change, unlike a static CVSS score.
A score for every finding
Each vulnerability is scored rather than sorted by severity alone, so the team works first on the ones most likely to be exploited.
Agent prepares the patch
The Vulnerability Defense agent, announced in September 2026, reviews findings, ranks them and prepares a patch for an admin to approve.
Fix from the same console
Remediation runs from the UEM console where the finding appears, with no jump to another console between spotting a flaw and fixing it.
10,000+ packaged updates
Third-party app fixes come from the Enterprise App Repository of more than 10,000 prepackaged updates, alongside the OS patches.
Closed without a rescan
Closure is confirmed without a separate compliance scan, and status reports show what is fixed and where exposure remains.
Watch the Vulnerability Defense agent in action
Two short videos from Omnissa’s official channel, both from Omnissa ONE 2026: a teaser for the Vulnerability Defense agent and a demo of its approval flow.
Omnissa ONE 2026: Meet the Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense agent
A one-minute teaser from Omnissa ONE 2026 introducing the agent that reviews findings and prepares patches.
Vulnerability Defense Agent: Review and approve fixes before they deploy | Omnissa ONE 2026
A 1:32 demo of the agent’s flow: findings reviewed, a patch prepared, and an admin approving it before deployment.
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Book a guided demo →Most CVE lists die between security and IT. Vulnerability Defense fixes them where IT already works.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
Finding and fixing in one console
Security teams usually hand IT a spreadsheet of CVEs and wait. Here Falcon’s findings land in the Workspace ONE UEM console, IT picks what to fix, when and on which devices, and the patch goes out through the update workflows and maintenance windows it already runs. Closure is confirmed without a separate scan.
Exploit likelihood instead of a CVSS queue
Prioritisation uses CrowdStrike’s ExPRT.AI rating, which predicts how likely a flaw is to be exploited in the wild and moves as threat activity changes. Teams work first on the vulnerabilities attackers are actually using, rather than on every critical score the scanner happens to report.
A list price, and an agent that asks first
At $3 a device a month it is one of the few remediation add-ons with a published price, and Platinum includes it. The Vulnerability Defense agent announced in September 2026 reviews and ranks findings and prepares the patch, but an administrator approves each fix before it deploys.
Where it stops
It needs two contracts: Workspace ONE UEM from Omnissa and Falcon Exposure Management from CrowdStrike, which Omnissa does not resell. It covers Windows desktops and servers and known CVEs only, with no macOS, Linux, mobile, network or web scanning. It is a remediation layer, not a scanner.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Vulnerability Defense rollout looks like
Confirm both licences
Check that the Windows fleet is enrolled in Workspace ONE UEM and that Falcon Exposure Management is licensed from CrowdStrike.
Connect Falcon to UEM
Link CrowdStrike to Vulnerability Defense, then set its CVE list against your last scan report to see what each one shows.
Fix the exploited few
Patch the top ExPRT.AI findings on a pilot group inside existing maintenance windows, and confirm closure without a rescan.
Try the agent
If the agent is available to your tenant, let it prepare patches for one device group and record how long each approval takes.
Roll out and sign
Extend to every Windows desktop and server, report closures to compliance, and settle one INR quote with GST through TechBag.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“ExPRT.AI shrank our queue from thousands of CVEs to a few hundred worth doing first. Patch meetings now open with exploited flaws.”
“Fixes ride our existing maintenance windows, so shop-floor PCs never reboot mid-shift. Security and IT finally work from one list.”
“Closure shows up without a rescan, so our auditors get evidence the week the patch lands rather than after next month’s scan.”
“Falcon was already on every PC, so this was just a UEM add-on for us. Without Falcon, the second contract would have stopped us.”
“Our Macs and Linux build servers are out of its scope, so we still run another tool for them. Treat it as a Windows answer only.”
“Approving patches the agent prepares saves time, but our change board wanted rollback steps written down before wider use.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and review-site grids score satisfaction, not fit for your estate. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the Vulnerability management and remediation market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Vulnerability Remediation Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
$3 a device a month, plus a CrowdStrike licence.
Coverage Breadth × Fix Automation
The grid nobody publishes — how many kinds of asset a product covers vs how much of the patch work it does for you once a flaw is found.
Windows only; findings patched from the UEM console.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense vs the remediation field
Against Qualys VMDR, Action1, Iru Vulnerability Management, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management — on coverage, detection, ranking, patching, licences, price and India data.
| Dimension | Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense | Qualys VMDR | Action1 Vulnerability Remediation | Iru Vulnerability Management | ManageEngine Endpoint Central | Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | UEM fix layer for CVEs | Find-and-fix VM platform | Endpoint assess and patch | UEM-attached app CVEs | UEM with VM built in | Defender’s VM layer |
| Deployment | SaaS on two clouds | Cloud agent + scanners | Cloud, own agent | SaaS via Iru Agent | On-prem or cloud | Defender portal SaaS |
| Assets covered | Windows only | Hybrid IT to OT | Win, Mac, Linux | Mac and Windows apps | Win, Mac, Linux endpoints | Five OSes plus network |
| Detection source | CrowdStrike Falcon | Own agent, scanners | Own agent | 15-min inventory, NVD | Endpoint Central agent | Defender sensor |
| Prioritisation | ExPRT.AI | TruRisk | Severity-led | CVSS plus KEV | Severity, CVE lookup | Exposure score |
| Remediation | UEM patching, approved | Limited patching free | Patches what it finds | Auto Apps updates | Patch deployment | Intune tasks |
| Third-party apps | 10,000+ packaged updates | Via Patch Management | Third-party catalogue | Auto Apps catalogue | Third-party patching | No patch delivery |
| Integrations | UEM and Falcon only | ServiceNow, Jira, CMDB | MSP multi-tenant | Iru platform first | ManageEngine suite | Intune, Sentinel |
| Licences needed | UEM plus Falcon EM | One platform licence | Nothing else | Iru-managed fleet | Security edition | Defender P2 or E5 |
| Pricing model | Per device, monthly | Per asset | Per endpoint | Per device, quoted | Per 50 endpoints a year | Per user add-on |
| Published entry price | $3 a device a month | ~$199–250 reported | $4 past 200 free | Not published | $1,695 per 50 a year | $2 a user a month |
| India data region | UEM India instance | India platform | India hosting pledged | US or EU | India data centre | India listed, check |
| Lock-in and exit | Two vendors deep | Broad agent footprint | Finder and fixer | Tied to Iru Endpoint | Suite gravity | Defender dependency |
| Best fit | Workspace ONE + Falcon | Large hybrid estates | Lean IT, mixed OS | Iru Mac fleets | On-prem, India-built | Microsoft E5 estates |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense if…
- ✓Your Windows fleet already runs Workspace ONE UEM and the CrowdStrike Falcon sensor
- ✓Security and IT trade CVE spreadsheets, and you want findings to land where patches are deployed
- ✓You want exploit likelihood (ExPRT.AI), not CVSS alone, to set the patch order
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You do not run CrowdStrike — Action1, Endpoint Central or Qualys find and fix without a second vendor
- ✓Macs, Linux or network devices need coverage — Qualys and Defender Vulnerability Management reach further
- ✓Data must stay in India — Qualys is India-hosted per TechBag’s guide, and Endpoint Central has an Indian data centre
Do not expect…
- ✓A vulnerability scanner — the assessment is CrowdStrike’s, bought separately
- ✓macOS, Linux, mobile, network or web-application coverage
- ✓Configuration hardening checks — it handles known CVEs only
Omnissa Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense is one of 23 vulnerability management products TechBag carries. The Vulnerability Management guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What does chasing CVEs across two teams cost you?
Drag the sliders (Windows devices you manage; IT-hour cost). Estimates model the time spent triaging CVE reports, matching them to devices, packaging app updates and proving closure, at an assumed 0.25 hours per device a month, with 50% of it removed by ranked findings and patching from one console. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Published list: $3 per device per month, as an add-on to Workspace ONE UEM; the Workspace ONE Platinum edition includes it. It also requires CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, which you license directly from CrowdStrike (Omnissa does not resell CrowdStrike products), so the full cost is two lines from two vendors. It covers Windows desktops and Windows Server only. TechBag quotes in INR with GST and prices both lines together.
Vulnerability Defense add-on
Best for Workspace ONE Windows fleets on Falcon
- $3 a device a month list
- Included in Workspace ONE Platinum
- Windows desktop and Windows Server
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
+ CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management
Required: bought directly from CrowdStrike
- Provides the CVE assessment and ExPRT.AI
- Not resold by Omnissa
- Quoted by CrowdStrike
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Do you already license Falcon Exposure Management? If not, what will CrowdStrike charge, since Omnissa does not resell it?
Are you on Platinum, which includes Vulnerability Defense, or will you pay the $3 a device a month add-on on another edition?
Which of your machines are not Windows? Macs, Linux servers and phones need another tool for CVE remediation.
Are your riskiest third-party apps among the 10,000+ prepackaged updates, and who packages the ones that are not?
Do your maintenance windows and approval steps suit the agent’s prepared patches, and who signs off each one?
Is the Vulnerability Defense agent generally available for your tenant yet, or still limited to early customers?
Where do Falcon findings and UEM data sit? Get both vendors’ hosting regions in writing for your DPDP records.
Will closure reports satisfy your auditor, or do RBI, SEBI or CERT-In-linked audits still need a separate scan report?
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Workspace ONE Vulnerability Defense?
List your Windows desktops and servers and your Falcon licences, or let a TechBag advisor price the Omnissa add-on and the CrowdStrike module together and get both hosting regions in writing.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.