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Rapid7 Unveils Active Response within its Managed Detection and Response Service
Enhanced capabilities extend 24x7 end-to-end threat detection and response to help reduce attacker dwell time, accelerate time to response, and contain user
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[{"type":"text","content":"Enhanced capabilities extend 24x7 end-to-end threat detection and response to help reduce attacker dwell time, accelerate time to response, and contain user and endpoint threats\nBOSTON, Oct. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD), a leading provider of security analytics and automation, today announced the availability of Active Response within its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, giving customers immediate response capabilities - initiated by Rapid7 MDR experts - to stop attacks in their environment. Active Response enables Rapid7’s security operations center (SOC) to immediately contain specific users and endpoints on behalf of a customer, accelerating the time to response and minimizing potential damage.\n Security teams face unprecedented challenges as the threat landscape increases in scope and complexity. Attacks have become more frequent, and the burdens placed on security teams in light of a predominantly remote workforce has opened the door for opportunistic attackers leveraging stolen credentials. Protecting the organization in today’s environment has led to increased analyst fatigue with many organizations struggling to respond to both user and host threats in a timely manner. With Active Response, Rapid7 MDR experts will take action on behalf of a customer day or night, providing real-time updates through email, text, ChatOps, phone, and within InsightIDR, the company’s cloud-native incident detection and response solution. Customers have the flexibility to collaborate with MDR responders and can create configurations and guidelines for any response action. “Increasingly, organizations are looking to augment their security programs with managed services,” said Rich Perkett, senior vice president, detection and response practice at Rapid7. “With Active Response, our team of MDR experts provide 24x7 end-to-end detection and unparalleled response to immediately limit an attacker’s ability to execute. Customers can have peace of mind knowing that Rapid7 will take action to protect their business and return the time normally spent investigating and responding to threats back to their analysts.” Leveraging Rapid7’s MDR team, combined with the company’s industry-leading security orchestration and automation (SOAR) solution, InsightConnect, Active Response uses advanced workflows to contain spe...