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

Medium Enterprise Wholesale Distribution Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise wholesale distribution company is based on a February 2022 survey of Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services & Solutions customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“The impact Rapid7’s Managed Detection and Response service has had on our overall organization’s security program is that it lets us sleep at night. It provides an ease of mind knowing that someone is watching for events and will call if needed. "

“Without Rapid7 MDR, our team wouldn’t be able to respond to events outside of normal business hours.”

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 didn’t have a large enough team to do it in-house
- They didn’t have the right technology
- They needed expert support and guidance
Prior to implementing Rapid7 MDR, they approximately 8 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 were:
- Team augmentation
- Investigation capabilities
- Containment/Incident response
- Proactive threat hunting
- Correlation and triage of alerts
- Cybersecurity expertise
- Forensics
- Cost/ROI

Results

The aspects of Rapid7 MDR most impactful to their organizations’ security success were:
- 24 × 7 × 365 SOC team
- Ability to pivot to engage Rapid7 in Incident Response if breached
- Proactive threat hunting
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: Excellent
- Technology: Very Good
- Threat detection: Very Good
- Incident Response: Excellent
- Reporting: Very Good
- Customer Advisor Guidance: Good
Since we’ve implemented Rapid7 MDR, our team has:
- Spent less time doing investigations
- 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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Medium Enterprise Wholesale Distribution Company

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