1 min
Discover Assets Dynamically with Infoblox DHCP
A highlight of the Nexpose 5.15 release is the addition of Infoblox Trinzic DDI
to the growing list of Dynamic Discovery sources. With nearly 8,000 customers
worldwide, Infoblox is a market leader in DNS, DHCP and IP address management.
Building upon existing support for Microsoft DHCP log monitoring, released this
past spring, Nexpose customers that use Infoblox to manage DHCP activity can now
detect previously unknown devices whenever they connect to the network,
providing a more complete un
2 min
Network Visibility: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with a Rapid7 customer from a Fortune
100 company. Any security professional charged with protecting an organization
of this size and complexity faces no shortage of challenges, so I was
particularly struck by one statement from our conversation.
"The most difficult thing that befalls security teams is knowing what to scan."
This lack of visibility can hamstring security efforts at organizations large
and small. With trends such as BYOD, virtualizatio
1 min
Highlights of the ControlsInsight 2.3 Release
Today we are pleased to announce the release of ControlsInsight 2.3. The new
release provides better user management and visual improvements to the Web
interface.
We often hear from customers that they would like to provide ControlsInsight
access to key members of their security team without also giving them
administrative access to Nexpose. Now, with the release of ControlsInsight 2.3,
a Nexpose Global Administrator can create accounts with the role ControlsInsight
User. With this role users
1 min
Security Controls in Practice
On January 23, I had the opportunity to travel to sunny Southern California to
attend “Security at the Crossroads”, a half-day seminar presented by Rapid7 and
designed to help security practitioners prepare for today's and tomorrow's
threat landscape. The program featured an impressive collection of compelling
speakers, from industry analysts to seasoned white hat hackers. As the product
manager for Rapid7 ControlsInsight, I was particularly excited to hear from Chad
Currier, who was featured