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Rapid7 Perspective
2017 Cybersecurity Horoscopes
What does 2017 hold for cybersecurity? Our mystics have drawn cards, checked
crystal balls, and cast runes to peer into the future. See what the signs have
in store for you in the new year.
Sage Corey Thomas, Rapid7
Gazing into the future of 2017, I believe we will continue to see market
consolidation of security vendors. With a focus on increasing productivity,
organizations will move further from disparate, point-solutions that solve just
one problem to solutions that can be leveraged through
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Events
#UNITEDSummit 2016: Empowerment
Empowerment. It was the theme for this year's UNITED Summit and each talk,
training, intensive and networking break gave attendees the chance to learn
about the challenges and opportunities that impact professionals to help drive
their security program forward. And that feeling of empowerment was truly felt
in the closing keynote from Chris Nickerson [https://twitter.com/indi303], CEO
of Lares.
Through colorful analogy, Chris explained the difference between and power
behind choosing versus dec
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#UNITEDSummit 2016: Day 2 Recap
If you read about how great Day 1 was
[/2016/11/03/unitedsummit-2016-day-1-recap], or about the amazing Rapid Fire
panel [/2016/11/02/rapid7-rapid-fire-at-united-summit-a-spirited-debate], then
it should be no surprise that Day 2 of #UNITEDSummit once again had top-notch
speakers, lots of energy and empowerment. Here are the highlights:
Customers were brought to a place of wonderment with “Fantastic Threat Intel and
Where to Find Them” presented by Rebekah Brown [https://twitter.com/PDXbek] a
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#UNITEDSummit 2016: Day 1 Recap
Day 1 of #UNITEDSummit 2016 was full of energy, valuable information sharing and
empowerment – all perfectly aligned with these year's theme. We saw today how
our customers are helping to drive innovation while simultaneously safeguarding
it from the significant risk that comes with pervasive interconnectivity. In
this age of unprecedented digital connection, the need for security
professionals is unparalleled and it is our customers who are the heroes of the
Innovation Age.
During the opening
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Rapid7 Rapid Fire at UNITED Summit: A Spirited Debate
Rapid Fire returned for the third time to the UNITED Security Summit and once
again brought together the infosec community to join the spirited debates. With
great questions and participation from the audience, the Rapid7 team would like
to first thank everyone who attended this evening – from our customers and
UNITED attendees, to the Boston infosec community.
Our panel this year featured:
* Josh Corman @joshcorman [https://twitter.com/joshcorman] (Founder, I am The
Cavalry)
* David Kenn
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Research
NCSAM: Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Advice for Researchers
This is a guest post from Art Manion [https://twitter.com/zmanion], Technical
Manager of the Vulnerability Analysis Team at the CERT Coordination Center
(CERT/CC) [http://www.cert.org/]. CERT/CC is part of the Software Engineering
Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and Rapid7 is taking this
time to celebrate security research. This year, NCSAM coincides with new legal
protections for security research under the DMCA
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Research
NCSAM: The Danger of Criminalizing Curiosity
This is a guest post from Kurt Opsahl [https://twitter.com/kurtopsahl], Deputy
Executive Director and General Counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
[https://twitter.com/EFF].
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and Rapid7 is taking this
time to celebrate security research. This year, NCSAM coincides with new legal
protections for security research under the DMCA
[/2016/10/03/cybersecurity-awareness-month-2016-this-ones-for-the-researchers]
and the 30th anniversary of the
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Black Hat 2016: Introducing the Rapid7 Moose (and a Twitter Contest)
First off: Hi! I'm the new community manager here at Rapid7. And like many in
the security community, I'll be heading to Vegas for Black Hat, BSidesLV and DEF
CON in a little more than a week. I'm looking forward to diving right in to
meeting the community and learning from some of the smartest professionals in
the industry. I've prepped by reading last year's Black Hat Attendee Guide
[/2015/07/13/the-black-hat-attendee-guide-part-1] and if you're heading to
Vegas, I recommend you take a look, t