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Rapid7 Recognized by Inc. Magazine as One of America’s Fastest Growing Companies

Vulnerability Management Company Listed as 7th Fastest Growing Security Company in this Year’s Inc. 500 as a Result of its Staggering 3-Year Growth

BOSTON, MA - August 12, 2009 - (BUSINESS WIRE)--Rapid7®, the leading provider of unified vulnerability management solutions, today announced it has ranked No. 7 among security companies in Inc. Magazine's 28th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fasting growing private companies. Overall, Rapid7 ranked No. 293 in the annual listing with a 3-year growth of nearly 800 percent.

"Being part of the Inc. 500 list is not only an honor but a priority for us at Rapid7," said Mike Tuchen, president and CEO of Rapid7. "We've continued to remain focused on using investment dollars and executive company expertise to develop a vulnerability management solution that stands apart from the rest. As a result, we've been able to secure the types of customers that any growing company desires. It's because of these efforts that we've grown so quickly and successfully the past few years."

Since being founded in 2000, Rapid7 has provided companies across a multitude of industries with the broadest level of vulnerability management and compliance solutions, delivering actionable intelligence about the entire IT environment. Rapid7's solutions provide in-depth coverage for network infrastructures, enterprise applications, databases and Web applications. With the industry's first prioritized, remediation-based reporting and flexible risk scoring, security professionals rely on Rapid7's expert system to help protect their environments faster and more effectively. Rapid7's products and services provide critical insight that help organizations comply with mandatory regulations, including security requirements for PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, SOX and NERC.

As a result of Rapid7's business strategy and investments in product research and development, customers and partners have applauded its vulnerability management solution and expertise, and the Company has experienced staggering growth year-over-year. During the first half of 2009, more than 90 marquee customers like Barneys New York, Brit Insurance, California State University - Northridge, Chevron Federal Credit Union, Citrix Online, Colby-Sawyer College, Consulate Healthcare, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, e*Trade, GTE Federal Credit Union, the National Nuclear Security Administration, Pediatrix Medical Group, Stein Mart and the University of Oklahoma joined the robust list of customers that already included Black & Decker, Carnegie Mellon, Liz Claiborne, the New York Times and Trader Joe's.

Methodology

The 2009 Inc. 500 measures revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2005, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit and independent - not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies - as of December 31, 2008. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2005 is $200,000; the minimum for 2008 is $2 million.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 is the leading provider of unified vulnerability management and penetration testing solutions, delivering actionable intelligence about an organization’s entire IT environment.  Rapid7 offers the only integrated threat management solution that enables organizations to implement and maintain best practices and optimize their network security, Web application security and database security strategies.

Recognized as the fastest growing vulnerability management company in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine, Rapid7 helps leading organizations such as Liz Claiborne, the United States Postal Service, Carnegie Mellon University and Red Bull to mitigate risk and maintain compliance for regulations such as PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, SOX and NERC.  Rapid7 also manages the Metasploit Project, the leading open-source penetration testing platform with the world’s largest database of public, tested exploits.  To obtain a free download of NeXpose or Metasploit, please visit http://www.rapid7.com/resources/free-downloads.jsp.

For more information, visit www.rapid7.com.

About Inc. Magazine

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