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Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services & Solutions Case Study

SCP Health

Introduction

This case study of SCP Health is based on a February 2022 survey of Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services & Solutions customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Rapid7 MDR has filled some gaps for us. The service has also helped mature our posture according to our last audit. "

“Without Rapid7 MDR, our team would not have nearly as much visibility as we do now. "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services & Solutions:

  • They decided to adopt a managed detection and response solution because:
    • They had no existing D&R Program
    • They didn’t have a large enough team to do it in-house
    • They didn’t have the right technology
  • Prior to implementing Rapid7 MDR, they approximately 6 dedicated FTEs as part of their organization’s in-house cybersecurity team.

Use Case

  • The criteria most important in their decision to select Rapid7 MDR was:
    • Investigation capabilities
    • Proactive threat hunting
    • Correlation and triage of alerts
    • Threat intelligence
    • Visibility and reporting
    • Cybersecurity expertise

Results

  • The aspects of Rapid7 MDR most impactful to their organizations’ security success were:
    • 24 × 7 × 365 SOC team
    • Partnering with a Rapid7 Security Advisor
    • Ability to pivot to engage Rapid7 in Incident Response if breached
    • Proactive threat hunting
    • Complements other Rapid7 Insight solutions
  • They said “Our detection and response program has substantially improved since partnering with Rapid7 MDR.”
  • How they rate the following capabilities based on experience with Rapid7 MDR:
    • SOC Expertise: Very Good
    • Technology: Very Good
    • Threat detection: Very Good
    • Incident Response: Very Good
    • Reporting: Very Good
    • Customer Advisor Guidance: Very Good
  • Since we’ve implemented Rapid7 MDR, our team has:
    • Spent less time doing investigations
    • Improved their Mean Time To Respond (MTTR)
    • Received less false positives
    • Had more time to focus on other security initiatives
    • Improved their coverage outside the 5×8 work week
    • Have improved our overall security posture




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