3 min
Public Policy
What Is Texas Senate Bill 820, and How Will It Affect Your School District?
In this post, we share how SB 820 will affect your school and district, and how you can respond by selecting a framework to improve your security program.
7 min
Higher Education
Defining Cybersecurity Risk for Higher Education
Educational institutions and other organizations have similar cybersecurity risk profiles, but there are a few very specific areas that differ.
2 min
Rapid7 Perspective
Helping Kids Hack the Future: Rapid7 Supports BoSTEM Program in Pi Day Fundraiser
Children are our future. That’s why we’re stepping up to support a matching fundraising effort for BoSTEM.
4 min
Customer Perspective
Automation in Action: How Carnegie Mellon University Combats Vulnerabilities Using Nexpose
We recently spoke with Brian W. Gray, Information Security Engineer for Carnegie Mellon University, about how he manages vulnerabilities with Rapid7's vulnerability assessment solution, Nexpose.
4 min
Higher Education
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Getting Started with Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Programs
Thinking about a career in cybersecurity? These education programs can help you boost your skills and get your foot in the door.
3 min
Metasploit
Summertime and the Coding Is (Sometimes) Easy: What I Learned During GSoC for Metasploit
My name is Eliott Teissonniere, and I was selected as a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) student for Metasploit this summer! Today, I am excited to tell you more about what we did and what’s next.
4 min
Customer Perspective
Why Bow Valley College Gives Rapid7 InsightVM High Marks for Vulnerability Management
Bow Valley College uses InsightVM dashboards to identify quick wins, measure
success, and communicate to senior leadership. James Cairns, database
administrator at Bow Valley College, gave us a look into their vulnerability
management journey with Rapid7.
It’s my job to assess vulnerabilities, facilitate patching, and work with the
rest of my infrastructure team to optimize our resources in order to stay on top
of security issues. As the database administrator for Bow Valley College in
Calgary,
2 min
Events
Top Reasons for Graduate Students to Attend UNITED
The countdown is on to Rapid7's annual UNITED Summit
[https://unitedsummit.org/index.php] in Boston on September 13-14. Rapid7 has
partnered with top universities all over the globe to provide students with
industry-leading security solutions as part of their coursework, equipping them
with hands-on knowledge as they head into the workforce. This year, for the
first time, Rapid7 is expanding its Higher Education Program
[https://www.rapid7.com/about/higher-education-program/] and providing
schol
2 min
Hacking
All About the Very First Rapid7 Hacker Games
We just completed our first successful run of the first-ever Rapid7 Hacker Games
competition, so I thought it'd be appropriate to do a little write-up on all the
fun activities.
So, what exactly is the Rapid7 Hacker Games competition?
Well, a hacking competition! Specifically, a hacking competition for teams of
university students set up via a virtual lab, so all participants could compete
simultaneously from a remote location of their choosing.
Each university fielded a team of up to 5 studen
3 min
Higher Education
New Rapid7 Higher Education Program Supports Universities Around the World With Free Licenses, Trainings, and Certifications
40% of security positions will remain unfilled in 2014, according to a recent
study by the Ponemon Institute
[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2014/RSAConference2014/Ponemon_IT_Security_Jobs_Report.pdf]
. The inability to find skilled staff to grow security programs remains one of
the key challenges for the industry. By contrast, criminal hacking teams seem to
be fully staffed. We've all seen the outcome of this inequality in the high
profile breaches of 2014.
Universities are doin