Introducing DeployHub
Modern DevSecOps tools do an effective job of evaluating software before release, but security risk continues to change after deployment. Post-deployment vulnerability management extends software security into production by continuously determining whether newly disclosed vulnerabilities affect software that is already running.
DeployHub provides post-deployment vulnerability defense by connecting SBOMs, deployment evidence, applications, environments, endpoints, and vulnerability intelligence through a software Digital Twin. This gives security and engineering teams continuous visibility into real production exposure and the context needed to prioritize and accelerate remediation.
Key points:
- Pre-deployment security is not enough. SAST, SCA, container scanning, and pipeline gates establish a security baseline, but new CVEs can emerge after software is already running.
- DeployHub focuses on post-deployment vulnerability management. It continuously correlates newly disclosed vulnerabilities with the open-source components actually deployed in live systems, helping teams determine what is exposed right now.
- A Digital Twin provides continuous production visibility. DeployHub models applications, containers, packages, versions, environments, and lineage using CI/CD, repository, artifact, and deployment data—without requiring endpoint agents or repeated rescanning.
- Security and compliance become continuous. DeployHub connects production software with vulnerability intelligence, OpenSSF Scorecard data, and NIST SSDF requirements, creating a continuously maintained evidence trail instead of point-in-time compliance.
Why Do I Need DeployHub?
Software does not remain static after deployment. New vulnerabilities are disclosed daily, indirect dependencies change without code modifications, and runtime environments evolve continuously through scaling, configuration drift, and infrastructure updates. Pre-deployment security establishes a baseline, but it cannot account for what happens after release.
DeployHub addresses this gap with a post-deployment vulnerability management model built on Digital Twin technology. By continuously modeling what is actually running in production and correlating that state with vulnerability and compliance intelligence, DeployHub enables organizations to detect newly disclosed vulnerabilities affecting live systems, maintain post-deployment compliance with Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Scorecard and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) requirements, and automate remediation workflows that dramatically reduce mean time to remediate (MTTR). This approach shifts security from episodic checks to continuous operational control.
Why Pre-Deployment Security Is Not Enough
Pre-deployment security establishes an important security baseline, but it cannot identify vulnerabilities that are disclosed after software is released.
Post-deployment vulnerability management closes this visibility gap by continuously reassessing deployed software as new CVEs emerge, dependencies change, and production environments evolve.
Post-Deployment Vulnerability Defense
Post-deployment vulnerability management extends vulnerability management beyond the build pipeline creating a defensive layer. Instead of relying only on historical scan results, teams continuously evaluate newly disclosed vulnerabilities against software that is actually deployed.
This production context allows organizations to identify affected applications, determine where vulnerable components are running, understand the potential blast radius, and route remediation to the appropriate owners.
Software Security Digital Twins for Post-Deployment Visibility
DeployHub uses a software security digital twin to maintain a continuously updated model of deployed applications, packages, versions, environments, and lineage.
Rather than treating an SBOM as a static build artifact, the Digital Twin connects software inventory with deployment evidence so vulnerability intelligence can be evaluated against the systems actually running in production.
Continuous Compliance After Deployment
Continuous compliance after deployment requires more than proving that software met security requirements when it was built. Many compliance frameworks implicitly assume continuous monitoring, yet most tooling only evaluates compliance at discrete points in the pipeline. DeployHub extends compliance into runtime.
OpenSSF Scorecard evaluates open-source projects against a set of security best practices such as branch protection, dependency update automation, and signed releases. DeployHub ingests Scorecard results and associates them with the components actually deployed in production. Organizations can therefore determine whether critical systems depend on projects with weak security postures and prioritize remediation accordingly.
Similarly, the NIST Secure Software Development Framework requires organizations to identify vulnerable components, monitor deployed software, remediate vulnerabilities, and maintain evidence. DeployHub directly supports these objectives by maintaining a live inventory of deployed components, continuously detecting newly disclosed vulnerabilities, tracking remediation actions, and generating audit-ready evidence automatically.
Compliance shifts from a periodic documentation exercise to a continuously maintained operational state.
From Vulnerability Detection to Automated Remediation
Visibility alone does not reduce risk. DeployHub closes the loop by integrating detection with remediation workflows. When a critical vulnerability is identified in a running system, the Digital Twin determines which repository and dependency file introduced the vulnerable component. An AI-assisted remediation engine proposes a safe version update and generates a pull request. Existing CI/CD pipelines then validate and deploy the fix using standard processes.
This workflow transforms vulnerability response from a manual, ticket-driven process into an automated pipeline. Organizations typically see MTTR reduced from months to days, along with fewer emergency patches and lower operational disruption.
DeployHub Post-Deployment Security Architecture
DeployHub builds its Digital Twin by collecting software and deployment evidence from CI/CD systems, Git organizations, artifact repositories, and Kubernetes audit data rather than installing persistent endpoint agents.
Conclusion
Pre-deployment security answers whether software was safe when it was built. Post-deployment vulnerability management answers whether it remains safe as new vulnerabilities emerge.
By combining a software Digital Twin with continuous vulnerability detection, production context, compliance intelligence, and remediation automation, DeployHub helps security teams move from periodic assessment to continuous vulnerability defense across live systems.
meet ortelius
Explore the Open-Source Core Behind DeployHub
DeployHub is built on Ortelius, the open-source foundation for post-deployment vulnerability intelligence. Ortelius connects SBOMs, deployment data, applications, environments, and endpoints so teams of all sizes and budget constraints can determine whether newly disclosed vulnerabilities are actually affecting live systems.
Ortelius is an open-source project incubating at the Continuous Delivery Foundation.