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Rapid7's Nexpose Awarded Premium Checkmark Certification for Vulnerability Assessment for Second Year

Nexpose Receives Premium Checkmark Certification For Detecting 100% of Critical Vulnerabilities in Trials By Leading Independent Testing Organization

Boston - October 10, 2006 - Rapid7 today announced that its enterprise vulnerability management software, Nexpose, was again awarded the Premium Checkmark Certification for vulnerability assessment. West Coast Labs, owners of the Checkmark system, found that Nexpose successfully detected 100% of Critical vulnerabilities and over 90% of Serious vulnerabilities during rigorous trials on the West Coast Labs test network. Nexpose also received the Premium Checkmark Certification for vulnerability assessment in 2005.

The Premium Checkmark Certification — the highest granted by West Coast Labs — validates Nexpose’s proficiency to protect enterprise network systems from threats resulting from undetected vulnerabilities. By meeting West Coast Labs’ stringent criteria for Premium Checkmark Certification, Nexpose demonstrates it is a powerful solution for organizations striving for a more secure IT environment.

"With the divergence of technologies available, organizations have an increased responsibility to ensure their networks are not vulnerable to exploitation that could lead to the theft of corporate data. Nexpose's repeat Premium Checkmark Certification verifies it is a consistent and robust performer," stated Chris Thomas, operations director for West Coast Labs. "Our Checkmark system is continuously being developed to reflect changing technological advances and current enterprise network circumstances. We're pleased to report that Nexpose once again detected 100% of all critical vulnerabilities on the West Coast Labs test network for this particular certification."

West Coast Labs is one of the world's leading independent test labs for information security products and services. The Checkmark System is a quality testing and certification service with established, independent standards on product effectiveness. It is a global service that benefits both technology developers and information security buyers and decision makers.

"We are honored to receive the Premium Checkmark Certification for vulnerability assessment for a second year," stated Alan Matthews, president of Rapid7 LLC. "West Coast Labs' findings confirm Nexpose's expertise for proactively safeguarding environments from potentially damaging threats."

The findings of West Coast Labs' tests of Rapid7's Nexpose are contained in a Vulnerability Assessment and Management Technology Report published this month, which can be found at www.westcoastlabs.org.

About Rapid7 Nexpose

The award-winning Rapid7 Nexpose Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) is an all-in-one security solution that scans networks, Web applications, databases, to locate threats, assess their risk to the environment, devise a remediation plan and implement the ticketing process. Nexpose incorporates an expert system to build a knowledge base of facts on the environment it explores and model potential targeted attacks to expose all existing threats. Nexpose provides robust reporting capabilities that ensure compliance with governmental regulations, corporate security configuration policies, and the PCI Data Security Standard. Nexpose is available as a "plug and play" appliance, downloadable software, or an On-Demand hosted solution.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 is the leading provider of security risk intelligence solutions. Rapid7's integrated vulnerability management and penetration testing products, Nexpose and Metasploit, empower organizations to obtain accurate, actionable and contextual intelligence into their threat and risk posture. Rapid7's solutions are being used by more than 2,000 enterprises and government agencies in more than 65 countries worldwide, while the Company's free products are downloaded more than one million times per year and enhanced further by over 125,000 security community users and contributors. Rapid7 has been recognized as one of the fastest growing security companies by Inc. Magazine and as a “Top Place to Work” by the Boston Globe. The Company is backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures. For more information about Rapid7, please visit http://www.rapid7.com.