Platform Use Cases

SBOM Cybersecurity for Post-Deployment Vulnerability Defense

SBOM cybersecurity turns software inventory into continuous security intelligence. DeployHub connects SBOM components with vulnerability data, applications, deployment environments, and endpoints so teams can see which open-source risks are actually affecting production.

Instead of treating an SBOM as a static compliance artifact, DeployHub uses SBOM intelligence to detect newly disclosed vulnerabilities, locate affected software, and prioritize remediation based on real production exposure.

The Risk

Why SBOM Cybersecurity Requires Continuous Use

Generating an SBOM gives you an inventory of software components, but inventory alone does not reduce cyber risk.

New vulnerabilities are disclosed continuously, applications are redeployed, dependencies change, and software moves across environments. An SBOM that is created once and stored for compliance quickly becomes disconnected from the security posture of deployed software.

Effective SBOM cybersecurity continuously correlates component inventories with vulnerability intelligence and deployment evidence so teams can identify when a newly disclosed CVE affects software already running in production.

How SBOM Cybersecurity Works After Deployment

  • Ingest SBOMs
  • Aggregate components across applications
  • Map packages to deployments/endpoints
  • Continuously correlate against vulnerability intelligence
  • Identify affected applications and owners
  • Prioritize remediation

Why SBOM Cybersecurity Matters After Deployment

Security teams often know that a vulnerable package exists but lack the context needed to determine whether it creates real production risk.

SBOM cybersecurity connects component data with deployment intelligence so teams can answer the questions that matter during vulnerability response:

  • Is the vulnerable component actually deployed?
  • Which package versions are affected?
  • Which applications contain it?
  • Where are those applications running?
  • Which teams own remediation?
  • How large is the vulnerability’s blast radius?

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This turns the SBOM from a static inventory into an operational cybersecurity asset.

Platform Benefits

SBOM Cybersecurity Capabilities

Modern applications are built from many services, repositories, containers, and third-party dependencies, making SBOM cybersecurity difficult to manage from a single software inventory.

DeployHub aggregates SBOM data across components, artifacts, and endpoints to create a unified security view of package usage, versions, CVEs, licenses, and deployment context. This helps teams understand which vulnerable components are actually running in production and where they create real risk.

DeployHub Enables:

Continuous SBOM Vulnerability Intelligence

Continuously compare SBOM components with newly disclosed vulnerability data.

SBOM-to-Endpoint Mapping

Map affected packages and versions to the applications, environments, and endpoints where they are deployed.

SBOM Aggregation Across Applications

Combine component inventories from services, containers, repositories, and dependencies into one application-level security view.

Post-Deployment Vulnerability Detection

Identify newly disclosed CVEs affecting software that has already been released.

Production Risk Prioritization

Focus remediation on vulnerabilities tied to software actually running in production.

Open-Source Security Posture

Combine SBOM intelligence with project security signals such as OpenSSF Scorecard.

SBOM Cybersecurity vs. Traditional Software Scanning

Hereโ€™s how DeployHub stacks up against traditional SBOM andย  vulnerability remediation platforms.

CapabilityDeployHubTraditional SCAContainer ScannersSAST
Aggregates SBOMs across components and endpointsYesNoContainer-focusedNo
Maps SBOMs to deployed environmentsYesNoLimitedNo
Detects newly discovered CVEs after deploymentYesNoLimitedNo
Shows where vulnerable components are runningYesNoContainer-onlyNo
Supports operational remediation prioritizationYesLimitedLimitedNo

Discover Which Vulnerabilities Impact Your Systems

Use the free DeployHub SaaS platform to detect and locate vulnerabilities across production environments, without waiting for budget approval or a lengthy procurement cycle.

Our free SaaS platform is based on Ortelius, an open-source project incubating at the Linux Foundation. No budget authority. No agents. No reason to wait.

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Learn more about how SBOMs are used for Continuous Vulnerability Detection

DeployHub Features

Detect

Know when a new CVE affects software you’ve already released by using your SBOM insights.

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Locate

See the exact package, version, artifact, and endpoint affected by a newly reported CVE.

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Defend

Continuously monitor your deployed software without agents or production rescanning.

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Measure Open-Source Project Risk With OpenSSF Scorecard

DeployHub aggregates OpenSSF Scorecard data to help teams evaluate the security practices of the open-source projects they depend on, not just whether those projects currently have known CVEs

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Make Your SBOMs Operational

Turn static SBOM files into a live inventory of the open-source packages and versions running across your software estate.

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Open Source at the Core

Built on Ortelius, DeployHub gives teams an open, extensible foundation for software inventory, SBOM intelligence, deployment tracking, and vulnerability defense.

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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.

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