Rapid7 unveils customisable MDR to boost enterprise security
Rapid7 has launched Managed Detection & Response (MDR) for Enterprise, a managed and customisable detection and response service aimed at addressing the challenges of complex enterprise cyber environments.
Enterprises today often maintain a broad range of digital assets across cloud platforms, on-premises networks, legacy technology, and bespoke applications, resulting in security demands that can exceed the capabilities of standard MDR services. According to Rapid7, these shortcomings can lead to visibility gaps and operational hurdles, making advanced detection and response essential.
The new MDR for Enterprise service is intended to close these gaps. It provides customisable protection and flexibility, includes collaborative service delivery, and focuses on tailored detection engineering—supported by global, round-the-clock oversight from Rapid7's Security Operations Centres (SOC).
MDR for Enterprise expands on Rapid7's existing MDR service, emphasising continuous collaboration between Rapid7 SOC staff and internal teams within adopting organisations.
The service leverages endpoint, network, identity, and third-party data sources to provide detailed coverage while adapting security controls and processes to match each organisation's particular risk landscape and technological infrastructure.
The company states that the new offering was created to facilitate optimised threat detection and incident response across diverse operational environments by integrating organisation-specific telemetry with 24/7 monitoring.
Craig Adams, Chief Product Officer at Rapid7, said, "Today, large security teams demand more than a standard approach to detection and response. They're looking for the confidence to move faster, respond smarter, and defend deeper. With MDR for Enterprise, we're delivering broad visibility and coverage with the deep customisation and operational partnership."
Craig Robinson, Research Vice President, Security Services at IDC, said, "The ability to integrate proprietary systems, leverage internal detections, and align directly with operational workflows is becoming essential. Organisations that are shifting to this style of partnership model, like Rapid7's MDR for Enterprise, are doing so to keep pace with evolving threats and continually distributed infrastructure."
Rapid7 has outlined several key features of the MDR for Enterprise service. One is Custom Event Source Integration, which allows proprietary, sector-specific, and legacy systems to be incorporated into the general MDR workflow, enhancing situational visibility, decreasing the time that threats remain in an environment, and increasing the value gained from existing security technology investments.
Customised Detections is another feature, enabling detection logic to be tailored to an organisation's specific mix of tools, unique telemetry, and risk tolerance. This is intended to maintain comprehensive auditing across environments that contain non-standard or previously unmonitored systems.
The service also offers Tailored Threat Monitoring, extending continuous surveillance to in-house and atypical systems.
This approach aims to identify suspicious behaviour earlier by correlating data across endpoints, cloud infrastructure, network activity, and user behaviour.
A further element is Rapid7's engagement model, which establishes shared workflows and incident response protocols between the SOC and client teams. This is intended to streamline communications and accelerate the response to security incidents by reducing or eliminating procedural handoffs.
The MDR for Enterprise service is now available and is positioned to enable organisations with complex and distributed assets to address emerging cyber threats more effectively through a collaborative, bespoke approach to security operations.
