Boston-based Rapid7 has announced the launch of Vector Command Advanced. The new offering adds to its continuous red teaming and exposure validation service to now help organizations meet compliance requirements with internal penetration and segmentation testing on top of validating the effectiveness of internal controls and lateral movement protections.
Rapid7 Managed XDR (Extended Detection and Response) offers threat detection and response services. Managed XDR brings together endpoint detection, network analysis, and user behavior monitoring together. This service extends an organization’s security team by providing monitoring and threat hunting, and expands continuous red-teaming service combined with robust attack surface management (ASM) brings internal penetration testing and compliance validation into unified platform experience with the use of expanded continuous red-teaming service.
“Security leaders today are looking for outcomes,” said Craig Adams, chief product officer at Rapid7. “Ultimately they need to be able to demonstrate that their controls work, they’re reducing risk, and they can pass the audit. Vector Command Advanced delivers that proof.”
Expanded continuous red-teaming service combined with robust attack surface management (ASM) brings internal penetration testing and compliance validation into unified platform experience
“Combined with the deep visibility of Surface Command and the scalable, integrated power of our Command Platform, Vector Command Advanced underscores how automation, integration, and human-led red teaming can transform how organizations manage their attack surface and meet growing regulatory pressure,” Adams stated.
Vector Command Advanced delivers continuous, expert-led validation across both sides of the firewall, combining always-on red teaming with internal network and segmentation testing. This unified approach helps organizations meet compliance requirements such as PCI, ISO 27001, and NIST, while uncovering and validating real-world attack paths that span both external and internal environments. By emulating adversary behavior and mapping exposures to business-critical systems, security teams can focus remediation efforts where they matter most and confidently support audit workflows.
These capabilities align with Gartner’s definition of Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV): ”Technologies that deliver consistent, continuous and automated evidence of the feasibility of an attack. These technologies confirm how potential attack techniques could successfully exploit an organization and circumvent prevention and detection security controls. They achieve this by performing attack scenarios and modeling or measuring the outcome to prove the existence and exploitability of exposures.”
Key benefits of Vector Command Advanced include:
Surface Command integration: External asset discovery enriched with business context to support effective risk prioritization.
Persistent reconnaissance: Continuous mapping of internet-facing exposures from an attacker’s point of view.
Internal control validation: Annual, scoped testing of segmentation and internal defenses to meet regulatory and audit standards.
Streamlined audit reporting: Advisor-led documentation packaged for compliance frameworks like PCI, ISO, NIST, and internal reviews.
Human-led adversary simulation: Real-world attack scenarios, including phishing, lateral movement, and breach simulation using the latest TTPs.
Attack path visualization: Clear mapping of multi-vector exposure chains to drive faster, more targeted remediation.
Rapid7 Managed XDR empowers security teams to understand and validate exposures with the expertise of Elite Red Teamers. This expanded continuous red-teaming service combined with robust attack surface management (ASM) brings internal penetration testing and compliance validation into the unified platform experience. Rapid7 Managed XDR (Extended Detection and Response) offers threat detection and response services. Managed XDR brings together endpoint detection, network analysis, and user behavior monitoring together. This service extends an organization’s security team by providing monitoring and threat hunting.
Vector Command Advanced delivers continuous, expert-led validation across both sides of the firewall, combining always-on red teaming with internal network and segmentation testing. This unified approach helps organizations meet compliance requirements such as PCI, ISO 27001, and NIST, while uncovering and validating real-world attack paths that span both external and internal environments. By emulating adversary behavior and mapping exposures to business-critical systems, security teams can focus remediation efforts where they matter most and confidently support audit workflows.
These capabilities align with Gartner’s definition of Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV): ”Technologies that deliver consistent, continuous and automated evidence of the feasibility of an attack. These technologies confirm how potential attack techniques could successfully exploit an organization and circumvent prevention and detection security controls. They achieve this by performing attack scenarios and modeling or measuring the outcome to prove the existence and exploitability of exposures.”
Traditional pentesting and red teaming activities are very different. They 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.
Rapid7 does have a SIEM to provide incident detection and response, authentication monitoring, and endpoint visibility. Together, these form Extended Detection and Response (XDR).
Key benefits of Vector Command Advanced include:
Surface Command integration: External asset discovery enriched with business context to support effective risk prioritization.
Persistent reconnaissance: Continuous mapping of internet-facing exposures from an attacker’s point of view.
Internal control validation: Annual, scoped testing of segmentation and internal defenses to meet regulatory and audit standards.
Streamlined audit reporting: Advisor-led documentation packaged for compliance frameworks like PCI, ISO, NIST, and internal reviews.
Human-led adversary simulation: Real-world attack scenarios, including phishing, lateral movement, and breach simulation using the latest TTPs.
Attack path visualization: Clear mapping of multi-vector exposure chains to drive faster, more targeted remediation.
Rapid7 offers three different SIEM (InsightIDR) packages for you to choose from based on your security needs: SIEM (InsightIDR) Essential, SIEM (InsightIDR) Advanced, and SIEM (InsightIDR) Ultimate. They have also created individualized Quick Start Guides to help you get started with SIEM (InsightIDR). Navigate to the version that aligns with your product.
Rapid7’s Managed Threat Complete is an integrated product and services offering, which allows you to prepare for, detect, and respond to threats in your environment. It delivers Managed Threat Complete as a collaboration with your team to accelerate your proactive, responsive, and strategic security maturity and extend your security operations. Managed Threat Complete’s products and services provide customized security guidance, hands-on continuous monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, and exposure management.
Rapid7 strategically positioned itself to fulfill partner needs, having launched the revitalized Partner Program PACT 2025.
To learn more about Vector Command Advanced, visit https://www.rapid7.com/services/continuous-red-team-service/.