Rapid7’s 2025 MDR Buyer’s Guide

Today’s security operations centers struggle with some well-known issues: expanding alert volume and fatigue, skill and workforce shortages, and the increasing sophistication of an AI-charged attack landscape. It is no surprise that so many are turning to managed detection and response solutions to help them shift the focus toward improving security outcomes rather than just responding to existing challenges.

In the 2025 edition of the MDR Buyer’s Guide, Rapid7 shows how the right MDR partner can be a force multiplier in your efforts to improve your own internal incident and response outcomes. It will help you understand what to look for in a quality MDR partner, the right questions to ask, and where some of the redlines are.

In this guide you will learn:

Common questions MDR buyers are asking, sourced from hundreds of RFPs
The right type of MDR offering for your organization (and no, they are not created equal)
Ways to compare leading offerings
How MDR can not only improve your SOC’s capabilities, but their security outcomes as well

Access the guide to learn how you can make the right MDR purchase decision for your program.

In this guide you will learn:

Common questions MDR buyers are asking, sourced from hundreds of RFPs
The right type of MDR offering for your organization (and no, they are not created equal)
Ways to compare leading offerings
How MDR can not only improve your SOC’s capabilities, but their security outcomes as well

Access the guide to learn how you can make the right MDR purchase decision for your program.