Key Concept
Continuous Threat Exposure Management, or CTEM, helps organizations continuously identify, prioritize, and reduce security exposure. For software teams, that means knowing which vulnerabilities affect applications and services after they are deployed.
DeployHub makes CTEM actionable by showing what vulnerable open-source components are running, where they are deployed, who owns them, and what should be fixed first.
Defining CTEM
SBOMs are often treated as static compliance artifacts. DeployHub turns them into operational intelligence by connecting SBOM data to deployed application versions, environments, endpoints, ownership, and CVEs.
This allows teams to answer critical CTEM questions:
| Question | DeployHub Answer |
|---|---|
| What is running? | Deployed applications, services, components, and packages |
| Where is it running? | Environments, endpoints, and operational systems |
| What is vulnerable? | CVEs tied to deployed software |
| Who owns it? | Application and component ownership |
| What matters most? | Prioritized exposure based on deployment impact |
DeployHub supports CTEM through a continuous post-deployment visibility model.
DeployHub collects SBOMs, pipeline metadata, registry information, deployment records, and application version data to identify what software is actually deployed.
DeployHub maps deployed components to vulnerability intelligence, including CVEs from sources such as OSV.dev. When a new vulnerability is published, DeployHub shows which deployed systems are affected.
Instead of overwhelming teams with long CVE lists, DeployHub helps focus on vulnerabilities impacting live applications and operational endpoints.
DeployHub connects vulnerabilities to application owners so fixes can be routed to the right team faster.
DeployHub preserves SBOM, deployment, vulnerability, and remediation evidence to support audits, compliance, RMF, cATO, and customer security reviews.
Traditional scanners identify potential vulnerabilities in repositories, images, or builds. DeployHub shows which vulnerabilities are actually deployed and running.
| Traditional Tools | DeployHub CTEM Platform |
| Scan code or containers | Maps CVEs to deployed systems |
| Produce long vulnerability lists | Shows real operational exposure |
| Focus before deployment | Adds post-deployment visibility |
| Require manual ownership tracking | Identifies responsible teams |
| Stop at detection | Supports action and evidence |
CTEM only works when teams understand real exposure. DeployHub gives security, engineering, and compliance teams continuous visibility into deployed software vulnerabilities so they can prioritize faster, remediate smarter, and reduce production risk.
| Benefit | Impact |
|---|---|
| Post-deployment vulnerability visibility | See which CVEs affect running systems |
| Deployment digital twin | Maintain a live model of applications, components, and endpoints |
| SBOM-to-runtime correlation | Turn SBOMs into operational security intelligence |
| Ownership mapping | Route remediation to the right team faster |
| Exposure-based prioritization | Focus on vulnerabilities that create real business risk |
| Continuous evidence | Support audits, compliance, RMF, cATO, and customer reviews |
CTEM only works when teams can see their real exposure, not just a list of possible vulnerabilities. DeployHub gives organizations that visibility by connecting SBOMs, CVEs, deployment evidence, ownership, and operational endpoints into a continuous view of deployed software risk.
With DeployHub, security and engineering teams can quickly identify which vulnerabilities are actually running, where they are deployed, who owns them, and what must be fixed first. The result is a practical CTEM platform that turns vulnerability data into prioritized action, helping organizations reduce exposure, accelerate remediation, and prove continuous security readiness.
The DeployHub Platform
Automated detection continuously monitors live systems for vulnerabilities, whereas penetration testing is a point-in-time, manual simulation of attacks. Detection focuses on real-time exposure, while pen tests identify potential weaknesses periodically.
Yes. Modern platforms correlate SBOM data, runtime metadata, and deployment configurations, enabling detection of misconfigurations that could create exploitable vulnerabilities in live environments.
By mapping vulnerabilities to specific services and owners, the platform can trigger automated alerts, assign remediation tasks, and provide audit-ready reporting that accelerates incident response.
Absolutely. Non-invasive, agentless platforms monitor workloads across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments without introducing performance overhead, providing a unified view of vulnerabilities.
Prioritization is based on exploitability, exposure, affected services, and compliance impact. Risk scoring ensures teams focus on the most critical issues first, reducing alert fatigue.
SBOMs provide an inventory of all components and dependencies in a system. When combined with real-time CVE feeds, they allow teams to identify which specific components in production are at risk.
While zero-day exploits are challenging, platforms that integrate real-time threat intelligence and continuous monitoring can flag unusual behavior, dependencies, or emerging CVEs, helping mitigate exposure quickly.
Detection platforms maintain traceability of CVEs, affected assets, and remediation steps, providing detailed dashboards and logs that align with frameworks like NIST, FedRAMP, or ISO standards.
No. Secure coding remains foundational. Automated detection complements it by continuously monitoring deployed systems, identifying runtime vulnerabilities that static code analysis might miss.
Digital twins create a virtual replica of live systems, allowing detection tools to observe component relationships and deployment metadata without touching production. This reduces false positives and ensures safer, more precise scanning.
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