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2010 Press Releases

Rapid7 Nexpose Named a Finalist in the SC Magazine Reader Trust Award for Best Vulnerability Management Product

Readers Consider Product’s Advanced Features for Addressing Cybersecurity Threats, Including Exploit Exposure, Risk-Based Scoring and Prioritized Remediation Reports

BOSTON, Mass. – November 3, 2010 – Rapid7^®, the leading provider of unified vulnerability management and penetration testing solutions, today announced that its vulnerability management product, Nexpose^®, has been named a finalist in the Best Vulnerability Management Tool category of the 2011 SC Magazine Awards. With the ability to scan a broad variety of assets - including Web applications and databases, Metasploit^® integration to deliver exploit intelligence, and risk classification and prioritized remediation reports, Nexpose was named a premier solution in the Reader Trust Award competition, which honors best-in-class security products and services.

"By giving organizations the intelligence to clearly prioritize vulnerabilities found in all layers of their infrastructure based on exploitability combined with clear remediation steps, Nexpose users are able to reduce vulnerability management costs, meet compliance requirements and lower their overall security risk posture," said Mike Tuchen, president and CEO of Rapid7. "SC Magazine readers are certainly tuned in to today's security challenges and we greatly respect their acknowledgement of our progress."

Nexpose was selected from hundreds of entries submitted in more than 31 technology categories. Finalists will be reviewed and winners will be chosen by the wide distribution of SC Magazine readers. Rapid7's Nexpose family of products, ranging from the Nexpose Enterprise^TM Edition to the free Nexpose Community^TM Edition, have been developed to help organizations of every size to monitor and understand their risk posture by providing the data needed to uncover and address vulnerabilities proactively. As a unified vulnerability management solution, Nexpose prioritizes vulnerabilities using exploit risk scoring and asset criticality ratings. As a result of its collaboration with Metasploit, the world’s largest database of public, quality-assured exploits, Nexpose includes Exploit Exposure^TM to provide additional insight into the breach paths for vulnerabilities identified across multiple threat vectors and offer vulnerability chaining to mimic an attack.

To assist organizations facing increased regulations and compliance requirements, Nexpose offers prioritized remediation reports based on threat level and flexible risk scoring, thereby reducing the time and cost associated with managing vulnerabilities, minimizing risk and achieving compliance. Hundreds of organizations are currently using Nexpose to comply with mandatory regulations, including the security requirements for PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, SOX, NERC, SCAP, CAG and MA 201 CMR 17.

"This is one of the most exciting and illuminating award categories, as the finalists have to demonstrate the unique combination of strength in product, organization and fight against cybercrime to secure the vote of our readers," said SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "Congratulations to those that represent industry leadership not only to SC Magazine editors but the Magazine's real judges: the readers."

In its 14th year, the information security industry's most prominent accolade, the annual SC Awards, showcase the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence. SC Magazine distinguishes the achievements of the security professionals in the trenches, the innovations happening in the vendor and service provider communities and the passionate work of government, commercial and nonprofits - all working to help improve global security. Winners of this year's SC Magazine Awards will be announced at a gala dinner and award ceremony to be held in San Francisco on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

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.