Posts by Kimberlee Bachman

3 min GDPR

MDR and GDPR: More than a lot of letters

With 2018 now well in our sights, the countdown to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). is most definitely on. Articles 33 and 34 of the GDPR [https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/gdpr/] require organizations to communicate personal data breaches when there is a high risk of impact to the people to whom the data pertains. GDPR security requirements and breach notification go hand-in-hand, for obvious reasons. In the words of the European Commission Working Party 29 (the group who are ta

2 min Application Security

The Magic Behind Managed Application Security Services

When I was younger, one of my favorite gifts was a magic kit. My dad did magic tricks with cards and rope, and whenever I asked how he did it, he’d say, “A magician never tells his secrets.” Part of why I loved that gift so much is I got to be the magician—and I got a glimpse of the secrets. Whenever I spend time with the Managed Application Security team at Rapid7, I feel like I did when I was younger: excited to learn about how the magic works. Here are some of the secrets I’ve learned. Appl

2 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

38 Questions to Ask Your Next MDR Provider

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) [https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/what-is-managed-detection-and-response-mdr/] services are still a relatively new concept in the security industry. Just recently, Gartner published their first Market Guide on Managed Detection & Response [https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/4007295], which further defines the MDR Services market. MDR Services combines human expertise with tools to provide 24/7 monitoring and alerting, as well as remote incident investiga