{"id":4329,"date":"2026-06-08T17:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=4329"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:56:56","slug":"how-does-withsecure-elements-vulnerability-management-count-scanned-unique-ip-addresses","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/support-articles\/how-does-withsecure-elements-vulnerability-management-count-scanned-unique-ip-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"How does WithSecure Elements Vulnerability Management count scanned unique IP addresses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>How does WithSecure Elements Vulnerability Management count scanned unique IP addresses (license usage)?<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>Elements Vulnerability Management calculates a total number of unique IPs scanned for vulnerabilities in each and every Elements Vulnerability Management organization.<\/p>\n<p>In general:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only vulnerability scans, in other words System Scans and Web Scans are taken into account. Discovery Scan and Internet Discovery searches in theory\u00a0do not cost anything.<\/li>\n<li>1 unique IP address\u00a0scanned for vulnerabilities\u00a0consumes 1 license from your subscription.<\/li>\n<li>You can re-scan the same IP without any additional costs, within the given billing period (monthly \u00a0\/ yearly subscription).<\/li>\n<li>Scanning an offline IP address\u00a0using System or Web Scan still utilizes one IP address slot from the subscription. To avoid the issue, always start with a Discovery Scan and use it as the automatic asset\u00a0source for the Network Scan\u00a0(System scan and Web Scan).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can view the license usage in the Elements Vulnerability Management portal by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Elements portal: https:\/\/elements.withsecure.com<\/li>\n<li>Open the Vulnerability Management section from the menu on the left\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>Settings\u00a0<\/strong>page<\/li>\n<li>Go to the\u00a0<strong>General settings\u00a0<\/strong>tab<\/li>\n<li>Open the\u00a0<strong>Subscription details\u00a0<\/strong>section<\/li>\n<li>Check the\u00a0<strong>In use\u00a0<\/strong>column. For historical data, check the\u00a0<strong>Subscription utilization\u00a0<\/strong>list<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does Elements Vulnerability Management count unique IP addresses?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[108],"class_list":["post-4329","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000012793","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 14:56:56","import_hash":"9ad5eaf98c5edb0c84992c351b1ec69b11b4c074","vanilla_article_id":32695,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/32695-how-does-withsecure-elements-vulnerability-management-count-scanned-unique-ip-addresses","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":156,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}