Rapid7 and USF: Building a diverse cybersecurity workforce is not optional

By Raj Samani and Peter Kaes Today marks an important day for Rapid7, for the state of Florida, and if we may be so bold, for the future of our industry. The announcement of a joint research lab between Rapid7 and the University of South Florida USF reaffirms our commitment to driving a deeper...

Cybersecurity Budgets Are Going Up. So Why Aren't Breaches Going Down?

Over the past few years, cybersecurity has become a major concern for businesses around the globe. With the total cost of cybercrime in 2023 forecasted to reach $8 Trillion – with a T, not a B – it's no wonder that cybersecurity is top of mind for leaders across all industries and regions. Howeve...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 19, 2023): Talent retention and institutional knowledge

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Talent retention and institutional knowledge go hand in hand. Both are critical to ensuring the security of your network environment. To that end, I want to talk briefly about why talent retention isnt just about money. So I am going ...

Ditch The Duct Tape: Reduce Security Sprawl With XDR

The New Year’s Day edition of The Wall Street Journal asked a big question in a big headline: “Can Southwest Airlines Buy Back Its Customers’ Love?” While other airlines rebounded from extreme winter weather and service disruptions, Southwest—always top-rated, with a famously loyal following—melt...

2023 prediction: Security workforce shortage will lead to nationally significant cyberattack

If 2022 was any indication, businesses are about to face an unprecedented volume, frequency, and sophistication of cyberthreats in 2023. Global cyberattacks have increased by 483 percent over the last two years, and at the current rate of growth, damage from such attacks will amount to $10.5...

Spoiler Alert: Your Favorite Content Might Not Be Secure

Securing intellectual property in the age of consolidation Rapid7, of course, is not in the entertainment industry. However, we have worked with some clients out there in that golden land of dreams and enchantment—also known as Hollywood. Case in point: the company formerly known as Discovery, In...

2023 Cybersecurity Industry Predictions

With 2022 rapidly coming to a close, this is the time of year where it makes sense to take a step back and look at the year in cybersecurity, and make a few critical predictions for what the industry could face in the year ahead. In order to give the security community some insight into where we’...

Powerlifting in the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

All the reasons Is there too much to do with too little talent? If your SOC hasn’t been running smoothly in a while, there’s likely multiple reasons why. As a popular slang phrase goes these days, it’s because of “all the reasons.” Budget, talent churn, addressing alerts all over the place; you...

Culture Fitness

Have you checked in on the overall health of your team lately? What would a new hire think of your current team? Companies all over the world – particularly those of the higher-profile variety – tout their positive cultures and how great it is to be part of the team. This is especially true in th...

The door is open for anyone to become a cyber defender

Throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Microsoft has highlighted the importance of cybersecurity and provided resources to help people and organizations stay safe. It’s great to have this month as a reminder, and even better if that awareness becomes a year-round endeavor. Education is really...

The door is open for anyone to become a cyber defender

Throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Microsoft has highlighted the importance of cybersecurity and provided resources to help people and organizations stay safe. It’s great to have this month as a reminder, and even better if that awareness becomes a year-round endeavor. Education is really...

See Yourself in Cyber: A Cybersecurity Awareness Month recap

As yet another October comes to an end, so does another Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Since 2004 when the President of the United States and Congress declared October Cybersecurity Awareness Month, weve taken the time to share our cybersecurity knowledge with the broader general public year afte...

From Churn to Cherry on Top: How to Foster Talent in a Cybersecurity Skills Gap

The mythical unicorn pipeline When it comes to building a cybersecurity talent pipeline that feeds directly into your company, there’s one go-to source for individuals who are perfectly credentialed, know 100% of all the latest technology, and will be a perfect culture-fit: Imaginationland. Of...

The Empty SOC Shop: Where Has All the Talent Gone?

Anyone involved in hiring security analysts in the last few years is likely painfully aware of the cybersecurity skills shortage – but the talent hasn’t “gone anywhere” so much as it’s been bouncing around all over the place, looking for the highest bidder and most impactful work environment...

Firing Your Entire Cybersecurity Team? Are You Sure?

What on earth were they thinking? That's what we – and other security experts – were wondering when content giant Patreon recently dismissed its entire internal cybersecurity team in exchange for outsourced services. Of course, we don't know the true motivations for this move. But, as outsiders...

EDR vs MDR vs XDR – What’s the Difference?

Cyberattacks are rapidly evolving, leaving businesses and their IT security teams to handle immense workloads. Keeping up with todays cyberthreats not only involves staying up to date in an ever-changing threat landscape, it also involves managing complex security infrastructure and technologies...

5 Things Rapid7 Looks for in a BDR, and How We Spot Them

Every successful organization has a great salesforce. At Rapid7, the Business Development Representative BDR Program is a huge source of talent for our sales organization. Some of our most successful salespeople come from the program. So, what is it? The BDR Program at Rapid7 is an entry-level...

jobs.gsgtalentsolutions.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2881394

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

How Microsoft Security partners are helping customers do more with less

There has never been a greater demand for specialized cybersecurity expertise—or a greater opportunity for our partners to support our customers with new services and solutions. Over the last year, the permanent shift to hybrid work has empowered businesses to be remote and mobile. Increased...

How Microsoft Security partners are helping customers do more with less

There has never been a greater demand for specialized cybersecurity expertise—or a greater opportunity for our partners to support our customers with new services and solutions. Over the last year, the permanent shift to hybrid work has empowered businesses to be remote and mobile. Increased...