EXUS is a full-stack AI-powered cybersecurity research platform built for PhD-level research on cyber risk in West African SME digital markets
# ⬡ NEXUS Security Research Platform v2.1
> **AI-Driven Cyber Risk Assessment for SMEs in Emerging Digital Markets**
> PhD Research Platform — UniOulu ITEE Faculty
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## Overview
NEXUS is a full-stack AI-powered cybersecurity research platform built for PhD-level research on **cyber risk in West African SME digital markets** (Benin Republic, Ghana, Togo, The Gambia). It combines offensive reconnaissance, defensive threat detection, autonomous AI pentesting agents, an SME risk scoring engine, and academic research tooling — all powered by Claude Sonnet via the Anthropic API.
**Research Context:**
> *"AI-Driven Cyber Risk Assessment for SMEs in Emerging Digital Markets"*
> Proposed doctoral research — UniOulu ITEE | Researcher:(Village Man)
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## Features
### ⚔ Offensive Module
| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| **AI Recon Engine** | Passive OSINT — DNS, WHOIS, Shodan, CVE/NVD, subdomain enum, cloud exposure |
| **Kill Chain Visualizer** | Interactive Lockheed Martin kill chain mapped to MITRE ATT&CK tactics |
| **AI Payload Generator** | SQLi, XSS, SSRF, XXE, LFI, RCE payload documentation for lab research |
| **Social Engineering Sim** | WhatsApp, spear-phishing, vishing scenarios for West African SME personas |
| **Risk Scoring** | Automated CVSS-calibrated risk score with critical/high/medium breakdown |
| **Claude AI Analysis** | PhD-grade threat analysis framed around West African digital market context |
### 🛡 Defensive Module
| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| **SIEM Dashboard** | Real-time event stream with severity filtering and IOC correlation |
| **Log Threat Analysis** | Paste raw logs → AI detects threats with confidence scores + MITRE mapping |
| **Threat Intel Feed** | Brute force, SQLi, webshell, exfiltration, C2 beacon pattern detection |
| **IR Playbooks** | AI-generated NIST-aligned incident response playbooks for SME capacity |
| **Claude Threat Report** | Kill chain reconstruction, MITRE ATT …