How We Replaced Our Host Vulnerability Scanner with the Datadog Agent
Datadog, Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Datadog moved internal host vulnerability scanning to its own Agent, keeping scan freshness above 99%.
As Datadog's host fleet grew, its original vulnerability scanning system struggled to reach and assess every host.
Over the past year the company migrated host vulnerability scanning to the Datadog Agent, making Datadog Cloud Security the system of record for host vulnerability findings.
The Agent-based workflow keeps scan freshness above 99%, measured as the share of in-scope hosts scanned in the previous 24 hours, and fits into Datadog's broader vulnerability management program.