described herein is a system and method for detecting vulnerability state deltas , the method comprising the steps of : receiving data related to a network connected device ; determining a vulnerability state of the network connected device based upon the data ; storing the vulnerability state in a vulnerability state database ; receiving additional data related to the network connected device ; determining an updated vulnerability state of the network connected device based upon the additional data ; determining one or more deltas based upon differences between the vulnerability stare and the updated vulnerability state ; and updating the stored vulnerability state with the updated vulnerability state .