However you develop, OX has your back.
At OX Security, we empower organizations to build securely, efficiently, and confidently across every part of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). As such, we are excited to announce our enhanced multi-branch scanning, updated functionality that gives our customers the flexibility, visibility, and security control they need across all branches of their repositories.
The key element of OX’s multi-branch scanning is that it helps AppSec and DevOps teams proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle with automated, branch-level security testing that reduces risk. Organizations can improve code quality and application security posture while fostering greater collaboration across AppSec and DevOps teams.
Why Multi-Branch Scanning Matters
Most modern software companies adopt a multi-branch development process as a standard practice. Development workflows typically involve multiple active branches for:
- Feature development (e.g., feature/feature-name)
- Environment-specific deployments (Dev, QA, Staging, Production)
- Release/version management (e.g., v1.0, v2.0, v2.1)
Software companies scan their code repositories to identify security and hygiene issues, prioritize findings by severity and risk, and fix them early to reduce overall security exposure and decrease the software attack surface.
However, until now, most development security scanning has been heavily focused on the default or main branch, leaving gaps in visibility for other active branches that are equally critical to operations and releases.
Our customers have unequivocally spoken: to gain a complete security posture picture across multiple branches simultaneously, main branch-only scanning just isn’t sufficient.
Every branch matters. Vulnerabilities introduced in a development, release, or staging branch can impact production, and delaying production (unless absolutely necessary) isn’t a good business strategy. Without the ability to scan all critical branches, organizations risk missing major vulnerabilities at key lifecycle stages.
Common Multi-Branch Use Cases
At OX, we know that every company is different, but some of the top use cases for multi-branch scanning include:
- Version management: Organizations managing multiple product versions across separate branches want to assess the security posture of each version independently.
- Deployment environments: Companies with complex Dev/QA/Staging/Prod environments require clear visibility into security risks associated with each environment’s active codebase.
- Shift-left testing: Development teams want real-time feedback on branch-specific code before merging into production.
- Risk and compliance reporting: Organizations need accurate Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), risk metrics, and audit artifacts tied to specific versions or branches for compliance and customer transparency.
In short, a simple snapshot of “main” doesn’t give development or AppSec teams the visibility they want and need. In today’s complex world of software development and heightened vulnerability of software across the supply chain, visibility across all active development tracks is non-negotiable.
Multi-Branch Scanning Highlights
Multi-branch scanning is built to fit seamlessly into the ways in which modern development teams work. Whether a developer manages a handful of critical branches or dozens of versions across multiple environments, OX gives teams the flexibility to configure scanning policies that match real-world workflows.
By providing granular control over which branches are scanned, treating each branch as a distinct application with its own issues, and enabling branch-specific filtering and workflows, OX ensures that security risk is monitored precisely where it matters most — without creating unnecessary noise or disruption.
Here’s how OX delivers deeper, more actionable security coverage across the development lifecycle:
Flexible, Granular Configuration:
- Global settings: Customers can configure at the platform level which branches should be scanned across all repositories, using branch name patterns.
- Per-repository settings: Fine-tune branch selection for specific repositories, allowing for custom scanning strategies per project.
Separate Application Records:
- When enabled, each scanned branch is represented as a separate application within the OX Unified AppSec Platform.
- Vulnerabilities identified in each branch generate separate issues, providing precise visibility without cross-branch confusion.
Enhanced Filtering and Visibility:
- Users can filter by branch across major sections of the platform:
- Issues
- Application
- Security posture views and more.
- Enables risk prioritization and reporting that aligns with each branch’s purpose and exposure.
Strategic Benefits of OX’s Multi-branch Scanning
If you’re reading this, we’re pretty sure you already understand the numerous benefits multi-branch scanning brings to your development lifecycle and application security posture. If you need to sell this up the chain, however, or if you simply want a quick “what’s in it for me,” the top benefits are:
Greater security coverage: Scan and monitor every active branch critical to your business, not just production.
Earlier detection: Catch vulnerabilities earlier in the SDLC — during feature development, staging, or testing — not just at the last mile before release.
Tailored workflows: Customizable workflows mean faster, smarter remediation paths tuned to the importance of each branch.
Developer empowerment: Allow developers to focus on what matters and use that information to fix smarter by giving them branch-specific feedback with actionable recommendations.
Full lifecycle visibility: Multi-branch scanning turns ASPM into a true continuous, context-aware security platform — exactly what modern software teams need.
Final Thoughts
With multi-branch scanning, OX Security extends our commitment to delivering granular security that focuses on the risks that matter most. We know that vulnerabilities can be introduced at any stage. But without full visibility into every critical branch, DevOps teams risk missing vulnerabilities that could ultimately find their way into production and compromise the integrity of the software, leading to a data breach.
OX Security’s multi-branch scanning capability closes this gap by enabling organizations to monitor, assess, and respond to vulnerabilities across all relevant development branches. Whether your developers are managing environment-specific branches (Dev, QA, Staging, Production) or release versions, OX ensures your team can proactively secure every track of your SDLC, not just the main pipeline.
Even more importantly, OX applies its proven high-signal, low-noise approach to multi-branch scanning — helping you focus on the 5% of risks that matter. Instead of overwhelming developers with endless lists of findings, OX prioritizes actionable vulnerabilities based on real risk, business context, and exploitability. This means your teams can stay focused, reduce cognitive load, and fix the highest-impact problems before they become security incidents.
Multi-branch scanning is about enhanced security intelligence, providing developers and AppSec teams the flexibility to work the way they want, with the confidence that they are covering the right ground, at the right time, with the right priorities.
No matter how you develop, release, or grow, OX has your back — helping you ship faster, safer, and smarter.
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