Rapid7 Named Among Notable Vendors in Forrester MDR Landscape: Why the Future is Exposure-informed, Preemptive MDR

The managed detection and response (MDR) market has reached a turning point. We’ve gone beyond the baseline of 24/7 monitoring focusing on the speed of detection and moved to a world with a convergence of exposure management and response to deliver measurable, outcome-based defenses of a larger, AI-driven attack surface.For anyone evaluating MDR right now, the Managed Detection and Response Services Landscape, Q3 2026 report by Forrester is a useful map that lays out where the market is heading. This is a market that has moved beyond "do you cover my telemetry?" to “Can a provider connect and prove that its activity is tied to real reduction in risk?”. Rapid7 was named among the notable providers in this Forrester MDR Landscape. Being included matters to us, but the more interesting story is in what Forrester says about the market itself.Detection and exposure are becoming one serviceOne of the report's clearest signals is directional: Forrester writes that "MDR services will converge with exposure and posture improvement.”That convergence is the whole basis of Rapid7 MDR and our Command Platform strategy. Most MDR services react after an attacker has already broken in. Rap...