Rapid7's Vector Command Advanced: Reducing risk & compliance

Rapid7, Inc., a pioneer in threat detection and exposure management, announced the launch of Vector Command Advanced.

The new offering adds to its continuous red teaming and exposure validation service to now help organisations meet compliance requirements with internal penetration and segmentation testing on top of validating the effectiveness of internal controls and lateral movement protections. 

Vector Command Advanced

“Security leaders today are looking for outcomes. 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,” said Craig Adams, chief product officer at Rapid7.

“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 organisations manage their attack surface and meet growing regulatory pressure.”

Expert-led validation

Vector Command Advanced delivers continuous, expert-led validation across both sides of the firewall

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 organisations 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 behaviour and mapping exposures to business-critical systems, security teams can focus remediation efforts where they matter most and confidently support audit workflows.

Automated evidence

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 organisation and circumvent prevention and detection security controls. They achieve this by performing attack scenarios and modelling or measuring the outcome to prove the existence and exploitability of exposures.”

Key benefits

Key benefits of Vector Command Advanced include:

• Surface Command integration: External asset discovery enriched with business context to support effective risk prioritisation.
• 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 visualisation: Clear mapping of multi-vector exposure chains to drive faster, more targeted remediation.