Looking back on 2024 to start the new year, we had the great opportunity to host and be part of several conversations and demonstrations that we hope were valuable learning opportunities for everyone who joined us. Let’s take a moment to review some of the highlights from those 2024 events before we leap into 2025.

While vulnerability management is one of the few preventative practices in security, vulnerability patching is still a reactive process. It’s a continuous cycle of discovery, vendors releasing patches, and remediation teams applying those patches. What if there was a way to build in some proactivity to this endless reactive spiral?

Today marks an exciting milestone for Nucleus as we unveil our refreshed brand and new website. This update isn’t just about a new look; it’s a reflection of our journey, growth, and unwavering commitment to you—our customers and partners.

We’ve had a lot to celebrate at Nucleus this year, with today’s news being the being one of our most significant achievements of the year. Speaking for the whole company, we are proud to have been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America for 2024, and for the recognition of our 1,562% growth over the past three years.

As organizations continue to embrace digital transformation, their infrastructure increasingly spans cloud environments, third-party integrations, and remote work setups. This shift enhances efficiency and productivity—but also broadens the digital attack surface, creating new points of exposure to the public internet.

Risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) is an approach that focuses on prioritizing vulnerability remediation based on risk. RBVM prioritizes remediating vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risk to an organization. While some organizations depend solely on independent scoring methodologies like CVSS or EPSS, effective RBVM takes into consideration the business criticality of assets and ties in threat intelligence to make prioritization decisions.

Managing compliance in federal IT is a critical and complex task, especially when it comes to addressing findings from security assessments. One of the key tools to bridge the gap between requirements and the current state is the Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M). Required by federal security frameworks like the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) and NIST 800-53, POA&Ms are used to document security weaknesses, outline mitigation plans, and track their resolution.