The four pillars and 22 studios
Everything ZEUS does fits into four pillars. Each studio belongs to exactly one pillar. The pillars have their own color in the UI — this helps with navigation.
The pillar map
| Pillar | Color | Question | Example studios |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTURE | green | What do I have? | Asset Inventory · IaC Drift · Topology · Cloud · Kubernetes |
| SECURITY | red | What is wrong? | CNAPP · Vulnerabilities · SIEM/Alerts · Detection · Forensics · SOAR |
| COMPLIANCE | blue | Am I compliant? | NIS2/DORA · ISO/CIS · Custom frameworks · Reports |
| RESILIENCE | purple | Will I recover? | Backup & DR · Audit log · Health |
On top of that there are cross-cutting studios: Connectors, Identity, Secrets, Performance, Network, Local/On-Prem Scanning, GitHub.
How to read it
- POSTURE is the foundation — first you need to see your assets (inventory, drift, topology). Without that the rest has no context.
- SECURITY overlays findings onto the assets — vulnerabilities, SIEM alerts, detection rules, response playbooks.
- COMPLIANCE translates the technical state into regulation articles (NIS2 Art. 21, DORA, ISO Annex A) with evidence.
- RESILIENCE is responsible for recovery: backup coverage, an immutable (hash-chained) audit log, platform self-monitoring.
"Single pane of glass" in practice
All studios use one normalized data model. A cloud asset, a scanner finding and a SIEM alert all refer to the same resource — which is why you can jump between studios via deep links without switching tools.
Tip: start the demo with the Dashboard (overview), then Asset Inventory (what we have), then Vulnerabilities (what hurts) and Compliance (how it looks against regulations). This is a natural narrative for the customer.
Studio = tabs
Each studio has its own set of tabs (e.g. Vulnerabilities has 11: Overview, CVE List, CNAPP Findings, Hotlist, Triage, Risk Accepted, Storms, Heatmap, Trending, Burndown, EPSS). Don't confuse a feature inside a studio with separate studios — e.g. "Bulk patch" is a button in Vulnerabilities, not a separate studio.
In the following lessons we will go into each pillar one by one. But remember this breakdown — it is the skeleton on which the whole platform hangs.