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Rapid7, 2006 SC Magazine Award Winner for Best Vulnerability Assessment Solution, Named Finalist in 2007 SC Magazine Award Program

Boston - November 21, 2006 - Rapid7 today announces that it has been named a finalist in the SC Magazine Award program for outstanding achievement in information technology (IT) security. Its enterprise vulnerability management solution, NeXpose, is competing for the Reader Trust Award in the category of Best Audit/Vulnerability Assessment Solution.

NeXpose was among nearly 400 entries submitted in nine technology categories. Placement in the SC Magazine Awards program is based on voting by more than 9,000 of the publication’s readers. Rapid7 won the Reader Trust Technology Award for Best Vulnerability Assessment in the 2006 SC Magazine Awards.

"Innovations like what we’ve seen from Rapid7 demonstrate the vibrancy and vitality of the IT security industry,” says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "They represent breakthroughs that will benefit our readers and, in turn, corporate users of technology.”

"Our customers and the readers of SC Magazine have spoken — their votes for NeXpose further validate it as a powerful product and propel it to SC Awards finalist status for the second year in a row," said Alan Matthews, president of Rapid7 LLC. "We are gratified to be considered one of the security industry’s best. Our continuous development of advanced features and Web assessment capabilities has facilitated NeXpose’s emergence as a competitive and recognized vulnerability assessment solution.”

The award winners will be announced at the SC Magazine Awards ceremony, to be held at a formal dinner and presentation during the RSA Conference on February 6, 2007 at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco, California.

About SC Magazine

SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. The brand’s portfolio includes the SC Magazine Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire and SC Magazine IT Security Executives Forums.

About NeXpose

Rapid7's award-winning NeXpose Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) product is an all-in-one security solution that scans Web servers, Web applications, databases and networks to locate threats, assess their risk to the environment and devise a remediation plan. 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 an appliance, downloadable software or an On-Demand hosted solution.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 is the leading provider of Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) solutions. NeXpose provides network, database and web application vulnerability management for enterprise deployments and small to medium businesses. Rapid7 was founded in 2000 by a team of software industry veterans who were major contributors to product development and subsequent growth and success at Percussion Software, Bond Technologies and Stride & Associates. Since introduced, NeXpose has been sold to corporate enterprises, Global 2000 companies, and government entities, and serves the full range of vertical markets across the U.S. and abroad. In addition, Rapid7 provides compliance products and services for PCI, HIPAA and Sarbanes Oxley. Rapid7 is headquartered in Boston, MA, with offices in California and the United Kingdom.