Re: Rapid7 NeXpose

[Dick Jacobson <Dick.Jacobson () NDUS NODAK EDU>]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Joel Rosenblatt wrote:

... and in the middle of the country.  Their rep would not schedule a web
demo until I gave her the name, address and phone number of the person
with final approval AND the person that would sign the check.

The product looked ok but after the sales experience I had a hard time
viewing the company with an open mind.


> Apparently, that depends of which coast your on .. the west coast sales
> people are much more aggressive - at least according to our east coast
> representatives :-)
>
> Joel
>
> --On Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:28 PM -0500 Curt Wilson <curtw () SIU EDU>
> wrote:
>
> > Watch out for the aggressive sales team though, they push too hard.
> >
> >
> > Joel Rosenblatt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We own their product and use it internally - we have never used their
> > > external service.
> > >
> > > We are happy with this product and find it very useful.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Joel Rosenblatt
> > >
> > > Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
> > > Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
> > > Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
> > > http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
> > >
> > >
> > > --On Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:24 PM -0400 "Axworthy, Heather"
> > > <haxworthy () UMASSP EDU> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We are in the middle of evaluating vulnerability scanning tools.   I
> > > > recently had a demo of Rapid7's NeXpose tool.  Just curious if there are
> > > > any other institutions that currently use it and if it met your scanning
> > > > needs.  We are looking at their SaaS model for external scanning.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We are also in the middle of evaluating Qualys and was also wondering if
> > > > anyone out there did a comparison between the two products.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Again, any information would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please feel free to reply off list.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Heather
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  :: Heather Axworthy, Lead Security Specialist
> > > > :: University Information Technology Services (UITS)
> > > > :: University of Massachusetts President's Office
> > > > :: 774.455.7762 Phone
> > > >
> > > > :: 774.455.7733 Fax
> > > > :: haxworthy () umassp edu <mailto:haxworthy () umassp edu>
> > > >
> > > > University of Massachusetts : 333 South St. : Suite 400 : Shrewsbury, MA
> > > > 01545 : www.massachusetts.edu <http://www.massachusetts.edu/>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
> > > Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
> > > Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
> > > http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
> >
> >
> > --
> > Curt Wilson
> > SIUC IT Security Officer & Security Engineer
>
>
>
> Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
> Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
> Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
> http://www.columbia.edu/~joel


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