Nucleus Security | Vulnerability and Exposure Management
Introducing Nucleus Helix
The AI engine that runs on the Nucleus Data Core to build and maintain your program, running reliably at scale with specialized reasoning agents that close exposure gaps and track the dynamic threat landscape.
Scale and Automate Your Program with Nucleus Helix AI
Pair agentic AI with fast, accurate, and reliable execution to remediate faster at enterprise scale and a fraction of the cost.
Vulnerability & Security Findings Processed Daily at Enterprise Scale
Minutes from Newly Exploitable to Owned Ticket at Machine Speed
Proven Reduction in Critical Exposures Within 3 Months
“If you want to build a program around Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, Nucleus is the engine to get you there.”
-Nick Nolen, VP and Deputy CISO
THE NUCLEUS SECURITY PLATFORM
Close the Exposure Gap in the AI Era
AI is accelerating how fast new vulnerabilities are found and exploited, and traditional programs can’t keep pace. Nucleus unifies your exposure data, tracks what’s being exploited in the wild, and uses AI to build the program, closing exposure gaps to reduce exposure reliably, at scale.
Detect Emerging Threats
Identify exposure to newly disclosed and zero-day vulnerabilities before scanner signatures and scan cycles do.
Learn about Nucleus Discover
Unify Vulnerability Data
Ingest, correlate, and normalize data from all your tools into one hub to gain unified risk visibility and reporting.
Vulnerability aggregation in Nucleus
Prioritize Risk with Context
Customize risk scoring and prioritize risk with asset context and business impact to focus remediation on what matters most.
Nucleus risk prioritization
Enrich with Threat Intelligence
Know what’s exploited in the wild in real-time, with Nucleus Insights agentic intelligence feed validating exploit and malware evidence as it’s collected.
Enrich findings with intelligence
Understand Risk, Prove Progress
Track and communicate exposure with live, role-based dashboards and reports that stay current automatically.
Risk dashboards and analytics
FEDERAL SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
Built to Defend the Mission
Nucleus is a FedRAMP Authorized vulnerability and exposure management platform, trusted to protect mission-critical systems across federal civilian agencies, the Department of War, and the defense industrial base. From CISA directives to NIST RMF and CMMC 2.0, Nucleus turns federal mandates into automated workflows and audit-ready evidence.
INTEGRATIONS
Over 200 Integrations to Connect to Any Source
Integrate data from security, asset, and threat intelligence tools across large enterprise environments with Nucleus’ 200+ built-in connectors and FlexConnect universal adapter.
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NUCLEUS HELIX AI AGENT
Ask, Investigate, and Act in Plain Language
Understand findings, investigate exposure, identify ownership, answer operational questions, and rapidly create workflows across the platform. Powered by the Nucleus Helix AI engine, teams can interact with the agent about their security data, workflows, and program configuration.
NUCLEUS DISCOVER
Detect Exposure Before Your Scanners Can
Surface new exploitable vulnerabilities before scanner signatures exist or the next scan cycle runs. With Nucleus Discover early warning, teams can defend against vulnerabilities discovered by frontier AI models and newly disclosed zero-days at machine speed.
Learn about Nucleus Discover
ANALYST RECOGNITION
A Leader in Vulnerability and Exposure Management
[Gartner Exposure Assessment Platform Magic Quadrant](/content/resources/reports/gartner-exposure-assessment-platform-magic-quadrant/ "Gartner Exposure Assessment Platform Magic Quadrant"/index.html)
Reports
Gartner Exposure Assessment Platform Magic Quadrant
Nucleus Security recognized as a Challenger by Gartner.
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DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
Read What Our Customers Are Saying
4.6 on G2
4.5 Gartner Peer Insights
Gartner Peer Insights
Senior Security Analyst, Energy and Utilities
"[Nucleus] are constantly striving to add new features and improve usability. They are equally passionate about making sure that their customers are satisfied, and that if any issues occur, they are resolved quickly."
Gartner Peer Insights
Security Architect, IT Services
"Our vulnerability management was quite a mess. The Nucleus Platform allowed us to replace [our] old tool with a modern platform, allowing us to easily streamline the vulnerability management process. It also allowed us to be scanner agnostic and automate data ingestion."
Gartner Peer Insights
Security Operations Manager, Education
"Very valuable product that allows us to prioritize mitigation of vulnerability and risk. Very customizable and flexible."
Gartner Peer Insights
Manager, Sec Arch and Threat Management, Healthcare and Biotech
"Nucleus Security has been an exceptional partner from the beginning…After purchasing, they offered one of the best onboarding/implementations I’ve worked with, and the product is easy to use."
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SOC Operations Manager, IT Services
"[Nucleus] is extremely easy to work with and takes into account all of your wants and needs for the product. The automation is very easy to navigate and provides immediate value for the product and our process."
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Service Delivery Manager, IT Services
"An overall excellent experience, from sales, marketing to support."
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IT Associate, IT Services
"[Our] experience has been great both in terms of customer service and product development."
Julian J.
Vulnerability Analyst II
"The Nucleus Automation Engine makes VM workflows seamless. You can “set and forget” your automation rules, and as new data comes in, they are triggered with no manual intervention required."
Gartner Peer Insights
SVP & CISO, IT Services
"Nucleus is a great platform for consolidating vulnerabilities and creating a representation of your risk posture. The platform is driving a change in our ability to become proactive in the delivery of our products and services."
"Before migrating to Nucleus, we weren’t really able to let our different teams actually see what we see."
Todd Atkins
Security Operations Engineer
RESOURCES
Discover the Latest From Nucleus
[Nucleus Insights Data Sheet](/content/resources/data-sheets/nucleus-insights-data-sheet/ "Nucleus Insights Data Sheet"/index.html)
Data Sheets
Nucleus Insights Data Sheet
[The Evolution of Risk Reduction – Research Report from Enterprise Strategy Group](/content/resources/reports/analyst-report-evolution-risk-reduction-enterprise-strategy-group/ "The Evolution of Risk Reduction – Research Report from Enterprise Strategy Group"/index.html)
Reports
The Evolution of Risk Reduction – Research Report from Enterprise Strategy Group
[NRECA’s Journey to Centralized Risk Visibility and Action](/content/resources/customer-stories/nrecas-journey-centralized-risk-visibility-action/ "NRECA’s Journey to Centralized Risk Visibility and Action"/index.html)
Customer Stories
NRECA’s Journey to Centralized Risk Visibility and Action
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