Imagine hiring a professional security team to guard your home — only to discover they’re doing so by monitoring camera feeds from only the front of the house — securing the front door but blissfully unaware of the unlocked window in the back. That’s what many organizations face today when relying on Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services without full visibility across their digital environments. Shadow IT, orphaned assets, internet-facing exposures, and unmanaged cloud services are all part of an expanding attack surface. And, according to Enterprise Strategy Group, 76% of organizations have experienced some type of cyberattack involving an unknown or unmanaged internet-facing asset(1) — the kind of risk that stems from gaps in visibility. The result? A critical mismatch between the Attack Surface (what adversaries can reach) and the Detection Surface (what MDR services are configured to see and respond to). To maximize the effectiveness of security operations, MDR must continually evolve. Today at Rapid7, that means integrating Surface Command — not as a dashboard or tool to manage, but as a behind-the-scenes capability that strengthens the service our customers rely on. Extending the detection surface Surface Command enhances the MDR experience by combining two critical perspectives: CAASM (Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management) consolidates insights from across internal tooling — vulnerability management platforms, EDR, identity systems, IT service management,…Read More
Seeing Is Securing: How Surface Command Expands MDR Visibility and Impact
