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The Dark Side of Efficiency: When Network Controllers Become "God Mode" for Attackers

Rapid7 Blog 14 May 2026 SEV 1/10

When Network Controllers Become "God Mode" for Attackers Back to Blog Vulnerabilities and Exploits The Dark Side of Efficiency: When Network Controllers Become "God Mode" for Attackers Douglas McKee, Director, Vulnerability Intelligence May 14, 2026 | Last updated on May 14, 2026 | xx min read REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR Imagine you build a massive corporate campus with every security control money can buy. Maybe something similar to the infamous Death Star. Then, somewhere along the way, somebody decides the maintenance team needs a universal key that opens every door in the building without setting off any alarms.

Rapid7 Partner Academy: Driving Impact with Gold Stevie Award-Winning Partner Services Certifications

Rapid7 Blog 13 May 2026 SEV 2/10

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Rapid7 Drives Partner Impact with Stevie Award-Winning Certifications Back to Blog Culture Rapid7 Partner Academy: Driving Impact with Gold Stevie Award-Winning Partner Services Certifications Rapid7 May 13, 2026 | Last updated on May 13, 2026 | xx min read DISCOVER RAPID7 MDR At Rapid7, our commitment to our partners is built on the foundation of the PACT (Partnering with Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency) program. Central to this mission is the Rapid7 Partner Academy, which was recently honored with a Gold Stevie Award in the 2026 American Business Awards® for Achievement in Collaboration and Partnership . This recognition underscores our dedication to providing world-class training that translates directly into partner success and customer resilience.

Final Countdown: Last Chance to Join the Rapid7 Global Cybersecurity Summit

Rapid7 Blog 11 May 2026 SEV 2/10

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Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared a preview of what to expect, from the sessions and speakers to the themes running across the agenda. What has become increasingly clear is how closely these topics are connected. Security teams are being asked to move beyond reacting to incidents and instead understand how attacks begin, how they evolve, and how decisions can be made earlier with greater confidence.

Zero Chaos: Scaling Detection Engineering at the Speed of Software, with Detection As Code

Rapid7 Blog 08 May 2026 SEV 1/10

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Scaling Detection Engineering at the Speed of Software, with Detection As Code Back to Blog Detection and Response Zero Chaos: Scaling Detection Engineering at the Speed of Software, with Detection As Code Zachary Zeid | James Gallahan May 8, 2026 | Last updated on May 8, 2026 | xx min read DISCOVER NEXT-GEN SIEM Every engineering team in your organization ships code through a pipeline. They branch, test, review, and deploy. If something breaks, they roll back.

A Walkthrough of the 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit Agenda

Rapid7 Blog 05 May 2026 SEV 2/10

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A Walkthrough of the 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit Agenda Back to Blog Industry Trends A Walkthrough of the 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit Agenda Emma Burdett May 5, 2026 | Last updated on May 5, 2026 | xx min read REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT The full agenda for the Rapid7 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit is now live, and it gives a clearer sense of how the conversation around security operations is evolving. Across two days, the sessions progress from a shared understanding of how threats are changing into a more detailed look at how teams detect, respond, and make decisions in practice. Day 1: How threats evolve and how teams respond The day opens with a keynote, Defense Starts Earlier Than You Think , where Brian Castagna is joined by Craig Robinson, Research Vice President at IDC, to examine why complexity has become the main barrier to effective security and what changes when teams start acting earlier.

Five Things we Took Away from Gartner SRM Sydney 2026

Rapid7 Blog 29 Apr 2026 SEV 1/10

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Five Things we Took Away from Gartner SRM Sydney 2026 Back to Blog Industry Trends Five Things we Took Away from Gartner SRM Sydney 2026 Rapid7 Apr 29, 2026 | Last updated on Apr 29, 2026 | xx min read DISCOVER RAPID7 MDR At this year's Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in Sydney, Rapid7 CISO Brian Castagna joined industry CISO Nigel Hedges for a fireside chat on the decisions security leaders are actually making right now. They discussed the real decisions being made right now about budgets, burnout, AI, and perspective on consolidation. The conversation reinforced what we see across many organizations: SecOps is very much focused on protecting business resilience, enabling confident decisions by senior security leaders, and building programs that scale across people, platforms, and emerging technology.

Experts on Experts: The 2026 Threat Landscape is Moving Faster than Defenders Expect

Rapid7 Blog 29 Apr 2026 SEV 2/10

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Experts on Experts: The 2026 Threat Landscape is Moving Faster than Defenders Expect Back to Blog Industry Trends Experts on Experts: The 2026 Threat Landscape is Moving Faster than Defenders Expect Craig Adams Apr 29, 2026 | Last updated on Apr 29, 2026 | xx min read DISCOVER RAPID7 MDR This week on Experts on Experts, I’m joined by Christiaan Beek, Rapid7’s VP of Threat Analytics, to talk through what we’re seeing in the 2026 threat landscape and how it connects to recent research coming out of Rapid7 Labs. We start with the report, but quickly move into what’s already playing out in active campaigns. What stands out is not a change in attacker technique, but the pace.

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