Systems and methods for application placement in a network based on host security posture

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for application placement can include the following processes. A security score service determines a respective security posture score for each of a plurality of candidate hosts of an enterprise network. A user then identify a set of performance parameters and security parameters for a host in an enterprise network to execute a workload thereon. An application placement engine selects a host from the plurality of candidate hosts having a security posture score matching the performance parameters and the security parameters for executing the workload. An application deployment engine places the workload on the host.