VECTOR COMMAND
Continuous Red Team Service
Validate your external attack surface exposures and test your defenses with continuous red team operations.
Discover
Continuous recon of internet-facing known and unknown assets reveals previously unknown risks.
Exploit
Test defenses with real-world attacks to validate exposure and security controls.
Prioritize
Triage critical exposures with expert validation and deep insight into all attack paths.
Remediate
Address critical issues immediately with same-day reporting from expert red team exercises.
Discover
Continuous recon of internet-facing known and unknown assets reveals previously unknown risks.
Exploit
Test defenses with real-world attacks to validate exposure and security controls.
Prioritize
Triage critical exposures with expert validation and deep insight into all attack paths.
Remediate
Address critical issues immediately with same-day reporting from expert red team exercises.
Vector Command Advanced
Attackers never stop, and neither should your security team. Vector Command Advanced delivers continuous red teaming, exposure validation, and attack surface management to uncover gaps before attackers do. It also supports compliance with internal penetration and segmentation testing.
Our red team experts
Elite experience
Decades of combined pen testing and security experience
Specialities
Background in defense, tech, education, and medical networks
Certifications
Highly accredited team with certs in CISSP, MCSE, OSCP, and more
Elite experience
Decades of combined pen testing and security experience
Specialities
Background in defense, tech, education, and medical networks
Certifications
Highly accredited team with certs in CISSP, MCSE, OSCP, and more
External attack surface assessment
Know your attack surface better than the attackers do with constant reconnaissance of your internet-facing assets through Rapid7’s industry-leading Command platform. Get continuous visibility into shadow IT or previously unknown exposures like exposed web services, and more.
Vector Command key capabilities
| Rapid7 Vector Command | Rapid7 Vector Command Advanced | External attack surface management | Traditional one-time pen test | Traditional Red Team engagement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core use case | Continuous external discovery and ongoing exploit validation through the lens of an adversary | Continuous attack surface management technology and internal network testing | Visibility into public exposure of known and unknown assets | Often compliance-focused, in-depth evaluation for a very specific, defined scope | Deep 1:1 engagement over a defined period of time (typically 1 month) with a set objective |
| Key capabilities | |||||
| Automated external scanning | Scope-dependent | Targeted external scanning; not automated | |||
| Ongoing red team operations | Point in time; not continuous | ||||
| Emergent threat response review | Point in time; not continuous | Point in time; not continuous | |||
| Vetted attack paths | |||||
| Prioritized exposures | Point in time; not continuous | Point in time; not continuous | |||
| Expert remediation guidance | |||||
| Same-day findings & reporting | N/A | One-time; post-engagement | One-time; post-engagement | ||
| Annual internal penetration test | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Frequently asked questions
Vector Command is a managed, continuous red team service that enables security teams to proactively assess their external attack surfaces and identify gaps in defenses by providing an attacker’s view of the internet-facing assets and validating exposures with continuous Red Team operations.
It combines Rapid7’s expert Red Team with our industry-leading external attack surfacement management technology.
Vector Command Advanced includes all of the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) listed in Vector Command, plus the addition of internal pen-testing and reporting. Vector Command Advanced is designed to assist customers meet their diverse compliance requirements. This unified service offering of continuous, human-led red teaming, annual internal penetration testing, and comprehensive documentation assists with simplified audits.
Continuous red teaming is the regular use of simulated penetration attacks designed to closely mimic the attack vectors of a real-world adversary. Red team experts use the latest attack techniques and tactics to identify gaps in your defenses.
Core tactics include: opportunistic phishing campaigns; external network assessment; post-compromise breach simulation, and emergent threat validation.
Traditional pentesting and red teaming activities happen over a defined period of time and provide a point-in-time snapshot of your attack surface. Continuous red teaming is an on-going assessment of your defenses with same-day expert analysis for successful exploits and remediation guidance.
Unlike CART services, Vector Command does not require your team to have offensive security experience. Our expert red team operators create attack vectors unique to your defenses, establish persistence against breached assets, search for trust relationships, and react in real time in order to build attack chains just like an attacker would.