How Do You Protect a Workload You Cannot Afford to Patch Right Now?

This whitepaper describes Aqua vShield, a patented runtime protection capability that generates and enforces compensating controls inside running containers to block exploitation of known vulnerabilities without changing images or requiring developer action; it positions vShield as a stopgap to close the window between discovery and patching, outlines operational modes (Audit → Enforce), and provides guidance for adopting runtime shields alongside existing vulnerability management.