Newbury Comics Selects Rapid7's NeXpose to Secure Network Infrastucture as It Expands Business to the Internet

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2006

NeXpose to Minimize Multi-Store Retailer's Security Risks By Locating Vulnerabilities and Expediting a Remediation Plan, Thereby Averting Network Intrusions

BOSTON -- Rapid7 today announced that Newbury Comics has purchased the NeXpose award-winning vulnerability management solution to boost security across its 26-store network as it expands its Web presence. Using NeXpose, Newbury Comics will save time searching for vulnerabilities and generate an immediate plan for fixing them and averting a security breach.

"When we expanded from being primarily a brick and mortar business to also conducting Internet sales, our network infrastructure became more vulnerable to external threats," stated Tom Scott, Director of Management Information Systems, Newbury Comics. "We wanted to minimize risks in our environment and prevent potentially destructive events from occurring. We're using NeXpose for protecting both our network backbone and devices at our Boston headquarters."

The chief reason Scott selected NeXpose was its remediation reports, a differentiator from other vulnerability management products he trialed. "Other products found the security problems but didn't provide a way to solve them," he stated. "My focus is on finding solutions, therefore it was a huge difference for me that NeXpose explains what I need to do to fix a problem."

Scott also values the flexibility and power with which NeXpose allows them to scan their network environment. "We can control the infrastructure from the device standpoint rather than just monitor traffic," he stated. "With the time we save checking for vulnerabilities, we can correct them before they can lead to trouble."

Newbury Comics plans to expand its NeXpose usage as it continues to broaden online retail operations, further strengthening its network security.

About Newbury Comics

Newbury Comics (http://www.newburycomics.com) is an independently owned retailer specializing in music, movies and pop culture goods. Its experience comes from over 25 years of alternative retailing through twenty-six New England-based store locations. Owned and operated by its original founders, Newbury Comics is run with a consistent guiding force that has always championed new ideas, experimentation and alternative vision over monolithic corporate structure.

About NeXpose

The award-winning NeXpose enterprise vulnerability management solution scans Web server applications, Databases, Operating Systems, and Network Devices to locate threats, assess their risk to the environment, devise a remediation plan and implement the ticketing process. NeXpose incorporates an expert system to build a knowledge base of facts on the environment it's exploring and model potential targeted attacks to expose all existing threats. NeXpose provides reporting capabilities that ensure compliance with governmental regulations and corporate security configuration policies. NeXpose PCI Compliance services meet the security scanning requirements of the MasterCard Site Data Protection (SDP) Program.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 was founded in 1999 by a team of software industry veterans who were major contributors to product development and subsequent growth and success at Percussion Software, Bond Technologies and Stride & Associates. Rapid7 launched NeXpose, its award-winning enterprise vulnerability management solution, in 2001. Since introduced, NeXpose has been sold to over 130 organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Rapid7 sells NeXpose to corporate enterprises, Global 2000 companies, and government entities, and serves the full range of vertical markets.

Rapid7 is headquartered in Boston, MA, with offices in California and the United Kingdom. For more information on the company and its product, NeXpose, visit http://www.rapid7.com.