Last updated at Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:43:02 GMT
Hooray for crystalware!
I hit a marketer's milestone on Thursday – my first official award ceremony, courtesy of the folks at Computing Security Awards, which was held at The Cumberland Hotel in London. Staying out late on a school night when there's a 16 month old teething toddler in the house definitely took it's toll the following morning, but the tiredness was definitely softened by the sweet knowledge that we'd left the award ceremony brandishing some crystalware. In the two categories that Rapid7 solutions were shortlisted as finalists - SME Security Solution of the Year (Nexpose and Best New Product of the Year ([InsightIDR]https://www.rapid7.com/products/insightidr/)) - we were awarded winner and runner-up respectively.
What's particularly cool about the Computing Security Awards is that the majority of awards, including the two we were up for, are voted for by the general public, so receiving these accolades is very special to us. We'd like to say an absolutely massive THANK YOU to everyone who voted for our products, we are truly very grateful for your support.
Hooray for Nexpose!
Nexpose storming to the win in the SME category, a space that isn't always top of mind to some security vendors, really validates for me how well designed and engineered the product is. Our customers come in all shapes and sizes, and the maturity of their vulnerability management programs vary just as much, but Nexpose caters for all. In SME the concept of a dedicated security team is certainly less common. More often than not we see that IT teams have security as just one of their many disciplines – so they need a vulnerability management tool which is easy to use, and allows them to quickly prioritise remediation efforts with live data that's relevant to their environment. Nexpose determines and constantly updates vulnerability risk scoring using RealRisk – scoring vulnerabilities from 1-1000, thus removing the nightmare of having umpteen hundred ‘'criticals” which are seemingly all equal. Liveboards (because dashboards don't actually dash – they should really be called meanderboards) provide admins with real time data – you know at all times exactly how well you are winning at remediating. If you're reading this blog and you're thinking about implementing a new VM solution, you should download a free trial here and experience it in action for yourself.
Hooray for InsightIDR!
InsightIDR receiving an honourable mention in the Best New Product category makes Sam very happy. This product was frankly one of the main reasons I came to work for Rapid7. When I first heard of it back in March my interest was immediately sparked, as I'd never seen anything quite like it. I've worked in incident response in a previous life, and have seen a vast number of organisations really struggle to find answers when they are in the unfortunate situation of a cyberattack. Some didn't even know they'd been under attack until they received notification from a third party. Incidents would regularly go on for many days, with teams having to work around the clock with great pressure to balance business continuity and incident response, which is the juggling act from hell. More often than not, investigations and Root Cause Analysis reports would take months and months, and would frequently be lacking in details. If you can't see what's happening, you can't properly respond, and you have pretty much a zero chance of taking away any solid learnings from the event. InsightIDR solves these problems by combining SIEM, EDR and UBA capabilities, which mean it detects attacks early in the attack chain, finds compromised credentials, and it provides a clear investigation timeline. It's truly an amazing piece of kit, and I know that every incident I ever worked on would undoubtedly have had a better outcome had InsightIDR been in place at the time. Seeing in this case will definitely result in believing – I'd heartily recommend you arrange a demo today.
Hooray for Integrated Solutions!
So before I give a shout out to the incredible people behind these two superb products, there's one further piece of good news: you can now integrate them too!
Hooray for Moose!
Our people, our “Moose”, who design, build, test, sell, support and of course market (obvs.) these products are all the winners here. I don't use the term ‘incredible' lightly either – I am privileged to have represented them at the awards ceremony, we have an amazing team across the globe jam-packed with smart, creative, brilliant people. Our solutions are testament to the work they do, their combined knowledge solves difficult customer problems, providing insight to security professionals all over the world. Congratulations Moose – you are a bloody awesome bunch!
Thanks again to everyone who voted for our solutions, and a big cheers to the folks at Computing Security who held a brilliant awards bash. We hope to see you again next year!