NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Nucleus Security is the automation engine for remediation that matters most to prevent breaches.
Traditional vulnerability management fails because it treats all risks the same. Static CVSS scores generate alert fatigue, fragmented tools create visibility gaps, and security teams are left drowning in data while actual exposure goes unaddressed. Nucleus 3.0 solves this by unifying fragmented findings from over 200 security and asset tools into a single Nucleus Data Core — normalizing IT, cloud, and application security data into one governed system of record that eliminates silos and accelerates remediation.

In 2025, Nucleus launched Nucleus Insights as its own first-party vulnerability intelligence feed, reaching general availability in December. Built on a multi-model AI pipeline that continuously analyzes exploit repositories, malware reports, vendor advisories, and dark web sources, Nucleus Insights delivers analyst-validated, real-time threat intelligence for every CVE — including exploit maturity, malware association, threat actor attribution, and zero-day relevance. Unlike traditional threat feeds built for SOC teams, Nucleus Insights is purpose-built for vulnerability management workflows, enabling teams to automate threat-informed action rather than interpret disconnected signals manually.

The platform’s Custom Risk Scoring engine further empowers organizations to build their own scoring algorithms, blending vulnerability data with business-specific asset context, including internet exposure, data sensitivity, and asset criticality, so that prioritization reflects operational reality rather than generic severity scores. Combined with the Nucleus Query Language (NQL), a unified expression language spanning the entire Data Core, teams can ask complex questions across assets, threat intelligence, findings, and business context in a single interface and convert the results into living, governed data collections that drive remediation.

The impact is measurable: enterprises using Nucleus report a 60% reduction in high-priority vulnerabilities within the first 90 days. These outcomes recently earned Nucleus the 2025 Transformational Innovation Leader recognition from Frost & Sullivan, citing excellence in AI-powered vulnerability management, as well as positions in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Exposure Assessment Platforms, the GigaOm Radar for Continuous Vulnerability Management as a Leader and Outperformer, and the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Exposure Management as a Major Player.

Nucleus doesn’t just surface risk; it helps teams close it faster at scale. By connecting intelligence, context, and automation into a single operational platform, Nucleus gives enterprises the clarity and speed to move from findings to outcomes at the scale modern environments demand.