Speed, Scale, and Immediate Action with Agentic AI Workflows for MDR
Rapid7, Monday, June 23rd, 2025
Many aspects of what makes an investigation successful are the best parts of human intelligence: judgment, contextual awareness, and strategic thinking. But the overwhelming demands of the current security landscape - with attacker breakout times now under an hour - narrow the window for these techniques to be applied at scale. But what if you could encode the instincts of an experienced analyst into every investigation and execute at machine speed?
For too long, security automation has meant rigid workflows and shallow actions. SOAR tools promised relief but often delivered brittle playbooks that broke with nuance or failed to adapt effectively to evolving threats or new data sources. Meanwhile, threat actors have evolved to think faster, act smarter, and scale with AI. Our defenses need to do the same.
At Rapid7, our view of the future of cybersecurity combines deep human expertise with intelligent systems that perceive, reason, and act with autonomy. Today, we're proud to introduce agentic AI workflows, powered by the Rapid7 AI Engine: a system that brings structured thinking, deep analysis, and scalable decision-making to every investigation within our next-gen SIEM.