Today’s organizations face an ongoing and evolving challenge to secure themselves effectively. Enterprises need to make sure they are protecting their underlying code while also securing the environment where it is running. This requires not only strong scanning capabilities, but the ability to centralize disparate sources of data and give teams a way to focus their efforts on the critical 1% of issues that create the most risk.
In the face of this problem, Nucleus and Cycode are excited to announce a new integration. Effective today, joint Nucleus+Cycode customers can ingest application security findings from Cycode into the Nucleus risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) platform. This is a game changing development for enterprises looking for leading application security and RBVM capabilities.
Why Integration of ASPM and RBVM Matters
While application security posture management (ASPM) and RBVM are inherently interconnected in many respects, the capabilities needed to excel in each domain are very different. ASPM is all about providing focus and granularity at the application level. ASPM solutions need to have deep integration with DevOps and CI/CD tools, provide robust code scanning capabilities and correlate runtime threats back to the root-cause lines of code. In contrast, RBVM requires breadth that spans across the organization. RBVM solutions consolidate data from a wide variety of cybersecurity tools and external threat intelligence feeds, identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating vulnerabilities based on risk levels to safeguard the entire infrastructure.
The integration of ASPM and RBVM amplifies their individual strengths, creating a unified defense mechanism against evolving cyber threats.
“The integration of Cycode with Nucleus helps us improve collaboration between enterprise security, application security and development teams,” said Adam Dudley, Sr. Director of Strategic Initiatives & Alliances at Nucleus. “Closing the gap between these teams helps security get more proactive addressing vulnerabilities, heading off potential problems more effectively.”
By combining Cycode’s application-centric insights with Nucleus’s enterprise-wide vulnerability management capabilities, organizations achieve a comprehensive view of their security landscape. This collaboration facilitates proactive risk management, where vulnerabilities are not only identified and prioritized but also remediated swiftly to minimize exposure and mitigate potential breaches.
Cycode: Elevating Application Security with Expertise
At Cycode, our commitment lies in advancing ASPM with a focused approach on enhancing the security posture of individual applications. What sets Cycode apart is our deep-rooted expertise in addressing issues specific to code analysis and runtime protection. Founded by developers with extensive software development backgrounds, Cycode excels in integrating seamlessly with existing AppSec tooling, enriching security data through our proprietary Risk Intelligence Graph.
Our platform empowers security and development teams alike by providing enhanced visibility into application vulnerabilities and their associated risks. By consolidating data from various sources, Cycode enables proactive identification, prioritization, and remediation of security threats throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This proactive stance not only minimizes the risk of breaches but also optimizes resource allocation for more efficient security operations.
Nucleus Security: Unifying Vulnerability Management Across the Enterprise
As a leading RBVM provider, Nucleus Security stands out with its robust platform designed to manage vulnerabilities comprehensively across enterprise infrastructures. Nucleus integrates seamlessly with over 140 security tools spanning vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, compliance audits, and more. This integration allows organizations to centralize vulnerability data into a unified platform, streamlining management and monitoring processes.
Foundational to Nucleus’s efficacy is its scalable data fabric and ability to handle a growing quantity of enterprise data. On top of the robust data fabric is a customizable risk-scoring algorithm enabling organizations to prioritize vulnerabilities based on their criticality and potential impact accurately. To further enhance operational efficiency, Nucleus customers can leverage automated remediation workflows to trigger alerts, create tickets, send reports and take advantage of the productivity tools already in use by the enterprise. By leveraging these capabilities, Nucleus empowers organizations to stay ahead of emerging threats and maintain robust security postures.
Better Together: Enhancing Security Posture Through Collaboration
The partnership between Cycode and Nucleus Security exemplifies the synergy between ASPM and RBVM, underscoring the importance of specialized expertise in each domain. ASPMs and RBVMs require different priorities, expertise and focus.
“Integrating Cycode with Nucleus is a realization by both companies that RBVM and ASPM require expertise and focus in our respective domains,” said Seth Robins, CRO at Cycode. “We’re proud to provide our application security expertise to Nucleus customers and allow our customers to leverage best of breed software in both domains. Just as Cycode is focused on being the best-in-class ASPM, Nucleus is focused on being the best-in-class RBVM – like many others, neither of us are masquerading as something we’re not.”
Nucleus and Cycode are committed to being best-in-class solutions in their respective domains and not overextending the capabilities of their platforms. Cycode is focused on building connectors with tools that are relevant to developers and application security teams. Our three founders are developers with deep software development experience and our native scanners provide context that is critical for a leading ASPM solution. Nucleus is focused on a breadth of integrations across all security domains, complementing that with external threat intel and providing consolidated visibility and remediation to improve the efficacy of your security team.
By integrating Cycode’s application security insights with Nucleus’s vulnerability management capabilities, organizations gain a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity. They can effectively bridge the gap between application-level vulnerabilities and enterprise-wide risk management, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
Take the Next Step!
ASPM and RBVM are indispensable components of a robust cybersecurity strategy, each contributing unique capabilities essential for mitigating cyber risks. Cycode and Nucleus Security exemplify the value of specialized expertise and strategic integration in addressing the complexities of modern cybersecurity challenges.
Explore how the integration of Cycode and Nucleus Security can elevate your organization’s cybersecurity posture. Contact us today to learn more about optimizing application security, managing vulnerabilities effectively, and strengthening your defense against cyber threats.
