Public sector organisations now able to leverage the power of
security data and analytics with Rapid7's industry-leading,
cloud-based products and services through G-Cloud 8 Framework
BOSTON, Oct. 26, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD), a leading provider of
security data and analytics solutions, announced today that its
cloud-delivered security solutions have been added to the Crown
Commercial Service (CCS) registry and are now accessible to public
sector organisations. Rapid7 solutions accelerate insight into
security and IT operations, arming customers with live information
around vulnerabilities and user behaviours. The Company focuses on
giving IT and security professionals the power to act at the moment
of impact to detect, deter, and investigate threats and
incidents.
Rob Attree, EMEA director of sales at Rapid7,
commented on the agreement: "We are thrilled that eight of our
products and services have been accepted into the G-Cloud
framework, a fully EU compliant system. This arrangement will
provide government and public sector bodies with direct access to
Rapid7's leading security and IT products and services to enable
them to achieve their cybersecurity goals."
According to the Information Commissioner's
Office Data Security Incidents Trends, healthcare suffered more
data breaches than any other sector in the UK, with 184 breaches
reported in the final quarter of 2015 alone. The second most
breached sector was local government, which reported 43 breaches in
the same quarter. Consequently, security is becoming increasingly
high on the IT agenda for UK organisations, particularly the public
sector. Rapid7 solutions aim to empower IT and security
professionals to protect their organisations by collecting data and
transforming it into prioritised and actionable insight. The
Company helps organisations to prevent attacks by providing
visibility into vulnerabilities, and to rapidly detect compromises,
respond to breaches, and correct the underlying causes of
attacks.
Rapid7 now provides a range of SaaS solutions and
specialist security services to the UK public sector,
including:
- InsightIDR: Leverages attacker analytics to
detect intruder activity on-demand, cutting down false positives
and days' worth of work for security professionals. The solution
unifies the capabilities of SIEM, EDR, and UBA to detect behaviours
that are indicative of compromised credentials, spot lateral
movement across assets, uncover malware, and set traps for
intruders.
- Managed Web Application Security: A highly
accurate and scalable solution that collects web application data
for vulnerability scanning, prioritises what needs to be fixed
first, and helps security teams remediate fixes faster without
purchasing, installing, and monitoring software. Powered by Rapid7
AppSpider, the service is purpose-built to scan all modern apps
from Single Page Applications (SPAs) to mobile.
- Managed Vulnerability Management: Live
vulnerability monitoring using automated tools to scan identified
systems and infrastructure within an organisation's IT environment
with support from a dedicated Managed Service Consultant (MSC). The
MSC will complete these scanning activities and deliver prioritised
insight that makes it easy for IT teams to remediate and reduce
risk.
- Managed Detection and Response (Analytic
Response): An extension of customers' internal security team, which
provides continuous threat detection by accurately identifying
known threats, unknown threats, and intruder movement from the
endpoint to the cloud. Rapid7 analysts can also pivot seamlessly
into incident response to identify the extent of the breach and
provide detailed steps on how to contain it.
- Cyber Security Maturity Assessment: A high-level
operational gap analysis/risk assessment targeting approximately 20
critical control areas. The goal of this assessment is to drive
measurable improvements over a multi-month timeframe and address
both strategic and tactical aspects of improving security,
including a prioritised set of security initiatives to be
implemented by existing teams.
- CREST-certified Penetration Testing: Network,
application, wireless, device, physical, and social engineering
engagements that demonstrate the security level of an
organisation's key systems and infrastructure. This simulation of
real-world attack vectors documents actual risks posed to companies
from the perspective of a motivated attacker.
- Security Awareness Training: Offering of eight
training modules, each with a target duration of 8-10 minutes in
length with a formal assessment at the end of each module. Topics
include: Malware Awareness, Social Engineering, Password Security,
Email Security, Physical Security, Mobile Device Security, Phishing
Awareness, and Travel Security.
The G-Cloud initiative is designed to help ease
procurement with the use of cloud computing for all sections and
departments of the UK government and includes a series of framework
agreements with a wide range of suppliers. CCS's vision is to
deliver value for the nation through outstanding commercial
capability and quality customer service. Its procurement
arrangements can be used by central government departments and
organisations across the public sector including local government,
health, education, not-for-profit, and devolved administrations. As
such, any public sector group can buy items or services without
running a full tender procurement process.
CCS's commercial procurement solutions are fully
EU compliant and provide significant savings for the taxpayer,
helping to protect the delivery of front line services. The speed
and ease of the procurement of Rapid7 SaaS and specialist service
solutions can also provide notable savings for customers in terms
of time and money.
About
Rapid7
Rapid7 is a leading provider of security data and analytics
solutions that enable organizations to implement an active,
analytics-driven approach to cyber security. We combine our
extensive experience in security data and analytics and deep
insight into attacker behaviors and techniques to make sense of the
wealth of data available to organizations about their IT
environments and users. Our solutions empower organizations to
prevent attacks by providing visibility into vulnerabilities and to
rapidly detect compromises, respond to breaches, and correct the
underlying causes of attacks. Rapid7 is trusted by more than 5,600
organizations across over 100 countries, including 37% of the
Fortune 1000. To learn more about Rapid7 or get involved in our
threat research, visit www.rapid7.com.
Press contact:
Rachel E. Adam
Rapid7 Senior PR Manager
press@rapid7.com
(857) 415-4443