1. A method for prioritized network security, comprising: performing a risk assessment scan for identifying vulnerabilities on a network device; prioritizing the vulnerabilities identified by the risk assessment scan and known vulnerabilities not identified by the risk assessment scan to form a prioritized order, wherein at least one identified vulnerability is prioritized higher than a non-identified vulnerability; and inspecting network communications to attempt to identify, in priority order, network communications that exploit the at least one identified vulnerability before attempting to identify network communications that exploit other known vulnerabilities not identified by the risk assessment scan; wherein performing the risk assessment scan includes simulating security events.