Cássio De Alcântara is Director, LATAM Sales at Rapid7.

Across Latin America, organizations are embracing cloud, AI, and digital transformation to drive innovation and business growth. These technologies create new opportunities, but also introduce greater complexity and expanding attack surfaces.

In this environment, security leaders are being asked to understand where risk exists across increasingly distributed environments and quickly eliminate blind spots like Shadow IT and Shadow AI – all without adding operational complexity.

To help security leaders and practitioners address this complexity, Rapid7 is excited to announce a new strategic distribution partnership with Licencias OnLine (LOL) across Latin America.

Helping organizations stay ahead of evolving threats

In order to keep day-to-day business operations moving, organizations need security solutions that not only protect critical assets but also support innovation, regulatory compliance, and long-term digital transformation.

Rapid7's AI-powered cybersecurity operations platform helps organizations strengthen cyber resilience by unifying continuous exposure management, AI-driven threat detection and response, and security automation. By connecting security data across endpoint, cloud, identity, and infrastructure environments, organizations leverage one platform to gain the visibility to reduce risk and act with confidence.

A shared commitment to partner success

Success in today’s fragmented cybersecurity environments depends on a strong ecosystem of partners who can help organizations implement, optimize, and maximize the value of unified security operations.

This is where Licencias OnLine comes in. With a strong, well-established presence across Latin America, deep cybersecurity expertise, and a highly specialized channel ecosystem, Licencias OnLine brings the local knowledge, technical enablement, and operational agility needed to help partners grow their cybersecurity practices and deliver greater value to customers.

Together, Rapid7 and Licencias OnLine will invest in technical training, partner enablement, joint marketing initiatives, and go-to-market programs that help partners expand managed security services, strengthen customer relationships, and accelerate business growth across the region.

Building cyber resilience together

As organizations across Latin America continue to modernize their IT environments, they should have access to security operations that are integrated, intelligent, and designed for today's AI-powered threat landscape.

Rapid7's open platform supports this approach through hundreds of technology integrations that help organizations eliminate security silos, improve visibility across their attack surfaces, and automate response workflows. This enables security teams to reduce operational complexity while improving cybersecurity program maturity.

By combining Rapid7's global cybersecurity innovation with Licencias OnLine's regional expertise and trusted partner network, this new alliance will make it easier for organizations across Latin America to strengthen cyber resilience while enabling partners to see greater success through measurable business outcomes.

We're excited to begin this next chapter together and look forward to supporting our partners as they help customers build stronger, more resilient security operations across the region.

Ready to grow with Rapid7? Discover how Rapid7 and Licencias OnLine are helping partners accelerate cybersecurity maturity across Latin America.

Gopan Sivasankaran is Rapid7's Regional Director, Middle East & Africa.

Across Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya, organizations are expanding their use of cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, digital services, and connected operations. But more technology does not automatically create stronger security operations; many security teams are not short on data, but rather on time, context, and specialist capacity.

As environments expand, the challenge is no longer finding another security product. It is turning existing technology and new investments into clearer risk decisions, faster investigations, and more consistent response, which requires more than software.

Rapid7 and StarLink: From access to operational capability

Africa has been an important region for Rapid7 for many years, and we’re proud of the role we’ve played in protecting organizations across the continent. We see significant opportunity ahead and remain committed to investing in our presence, partner ecosystem, and customer relationships across the region.

That continued investment is why Rapid7 is expanding its partnership with StarLink across Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya.

Security teams are often managing data across endpoints, cloud environments, identities, and third-party systems. Adding another disconnected tool can increase workload rather than reduce it. Modern security operations require a more connected approach. Exposure data should help teams understand where risk exists. Detection should identify active threats. Response and automation should help teams act before an issue becomes a larger business incident.

But even a well-designed platform needs skilled partners who can help customers deploy it, integrate it, and adapt it to local operational needs.

Why regional partner capability matters

Cybersecurity maturity varies by country, industry, and organization. A bank in Africa, a digital services provider in Kenya, a public-sector organization in Egypt, and an enterprise in Nigeria may share some security challenges, but they do not operate in identical environments. Partners provide the bridge between global technology and local customer reality.

Through this collaboration, Rapid7 and StarLink intend to give resellers, systems integrators, and managed security service providers access to technical enablement, solution expertise, and joint go-to-market support. The goal is to help partners build sustainable security practices, not simply complete individual product transactions.

Connecting exposure, detection, and response

Rapid7’s security operations approach brings exposure management, threat detection and response, managed services, and automation together. This can help teams connect two questions that are too often handled separately:

• Where are we most exposed?

• Where are attackers active now?

When partners can help customers answer both questions using shared security context, they can support more informed prioritization, faster investigation, and clearer remediation decisions.

Looking ahead

Africa’s digital growth will continue to create new security demands. Meeting them will require technology, but also skills, services, local understanding, and long-term collaboration. Rapid7 and StarLink are working together to help build that capability across the region.

Ready to build your security practice with Rapid7? Contact your Rapid7 or StarLink representative for upcoming training, technical enablement, and joint go-to-market opportunities, or explore the Rapid7 PACT Partner Program.

Ross Baker is Senior Director, Northern Europe at Rapid7.

As organizations across the United Kingdom and Ireland embrace AI, cloud technologies, and digital transformation in the name of enhancing customer experiences and accelerating business growth, the cybersecurity landscape must continue to evolve just as quickly.

In this environment, business leaders still expect security to enable innovation, not slow it down. They're pushed to reduce risk, improve visibility across expanding attack surfaces, and respond faster than ever before, with limited resources now table stakes. This is precisely why Rapid7 is excited to announce a new strategic distribution partnership with Exclusive Networks across the United Kingdom and Ireland, following previous announcements alongside the firm to better support partners across Benelux and the Nordics.

Organizations no longer want disconnected security tools or transactional vendor relationships. They're looking for trusted advisors who can help simplify security operations, strengthen cyber resilience, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

In this moment, cybersecurity customers are demanding experiences that create more calm. This means no more disconnected security tools or reactive approaches, but integrated security operations, trusted expertise, and partners who can help them improve visibility and build long-term cyber resilience.

Investing in partner success

The UK and Ireland represent one of Europe's most mature and partner-driven cybersecurity markets, with partners playing an increasingly important role in helping organizations modernize security operations for today’s AI-enabled threats.

This partnership with Exclusive Networks reflects Rapid7's continued investment in the regional channel ecosystem. More than expanding distribution, it's about empowering partners with specialist expertise, technical enablement, and the go-to-market support they need to grow their cybersecurity businesses with confidence.

Exclusive Networks has built an outstanding reputation as one of the UK's leading specialist cybersecurity distributors, combining deep technical expertise with a strong, partner-first approach.

Together, we're creating new opportunities for partners to strengthen their capabilities while delivering greater value to customers.

Helping partners deliver modern security operations

Security teams are increasingly looking for platforms that unify exposure management, threat detection, response, and automation. Again we go back to the urgent need for improved visibility while reducing operational complexity.

Rapid7's AI-powered cybersecurity operations platform helps organizations simplify SecOps through integrated exposure management, managed detection and response, and security automation. By bringing these capabilities together, customers can identify risk earlier, respond faster, and improve cyber resilience without adding more tools.

Combined with Exclusive Networks' technical enablement, solution engineering expertise, and established channel ecosystem, this new alliance makes it easier for partners to deliver integrated cybersecurity solutions while expanding managed security services and fostering long-term customer relationships.

Looking ahead

Rapid7 and Exclusive Networks share a common commitment to helping partners grow through technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous enablement. Together, we're investing in the resources, expertise, and support needed to help partners succeed in one of Europe's most dynamic cybersecurity markets.

Ready to grow with Rapid7? Head to our Partners page for more news, resources, and opportunities.

Claudia Zoon is Senior Manager, Channel Sales at Rapid7.

Across Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, organizations are accelerating digital transformation through AI, cloud adoption, and increasingly connected business operations. These investments are creating new opportunities for innovation, but also reshaping the cybersecurity landscape.

In this dynamic environment, Rapid7 is excited to announce an expanded strategic distribution partnership with Exclusive Networks across the Benelux region. Why now? Because as organizations grow,  so too do the expectations of security teams. As attack surfaces expand, more sophisticated AI-enabled threats emerge; as compliance requirements evolve, leaders expect security to scale right along with the business – all without adding unnecessary complexity.

In this chaotic environment, cybersecurity customers are demanding experiences that create more calm. This means no more disconnected security tools or reactive approaches, but integrated security operations, trusted expertise, and partners who can help them improve visibility and build long-term cyber resilience.

Supporting a rapidly evolving market

The Benelux region has long been at the forefront of digital innovation. As organizations continue modernizing their infrastructure, they're also preparing for increasingly rigorous cybersecurity requirements through regulations such as NIS2 and DORA. Along these lines, operational resilience has become a board-level priority, making it more important than ever for security teams to simplify operations while maintaining visibility across their environments.

Meeting these expectations requires more than technology; it requires partners who understand the regional market, can provide specialist expertise, and help customers navigate an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape.

Why specialist partnerships matter

Channel partners play a critical role in acting as trusted advisors who help organizations modernize security operations through technology evaluation, solution implementation, and long-term security strategy build-out.

Our expanded partnership with Exclusive Networks reflects Rapid7's continued investment in supporting that partner ecosystem.

Exclusive Networks has established itself as one of the region's leading specialist cybersecurity distributors, combining deep technical expertise with a partner-first approach that prioritizes enablement, collaboration, and long-term growth. Together, we're making it easier for partners to access the technical resources, training, and support needed to deliver stronger outcomes for their customers.

Helping partners grow

Rapid7's AI-powered cybersecurity operations platform helps organizations simplify security operations by unifying exposure management, threat detection and response, managed services, and security automation into one platform.

Combined with Exclusive Networks' cybersecurity expertise, technical enablement, and regional support, partners are better positioned to expand managed security services, strengthen customer relationships, and deliver integrated cybersecurity solutions that reduce complexity and improve cyber resilience.

Looking ahead

Cybersecurity success increasingly depends on strong partnerships that combine innovative technology with local expertise and long-term collaboration.

Rapid7 and Exclusive Networks share a commitment to helping partners grow and enabling organizations across Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg to modernize security operations with confidence.

We're excited about the opportunities ahead and look forward to working together to help partners build stronger cybersecurity practices and deliver measurable and positive outcomes for customers across the Benelux region.

Ready to grow with Rapid7? Learn more about the Rapid7 PACT Partner Program and discover how Rapid7 and Exclusive Networks are helping partners strengthen cybersecurity operations across the Benelux region.

Mark your calendars. The Rapid7 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit returns May 12–13, bringing together security leaders, practitioners, and industry experts for two days of strategic leadership insight and hands-on operational guidance, designed to equip both decision-makers and defenders to build stronger, more resilient security programs.

This year’s theme is Preemptive Security Operations - a shift from reacting to threats to anticipating and neutralizing them before impact.

Security teams are navigating expanding attack surfaces, AI-accelerated threats, relentless alert fatigue, and increasing pressure to do more with less. The 2026 summit is designed to cut through that complexity and focus on what matters most, helping organizations move from reactive defense to confident, proactive operations.

What to expect from Rapid7's 2026 summit

Whether you’re shaping security strategy at the executive level or defending systems inside the SOC, the summit will deliver actionable insights you can apply immediately.

Day 1 will focus on the big picture. Designed to bring together security leaders, decision-makers, and practitioners around a shared narrative, the first day will explore the paradigm shift shaping modern security operations. Sessions will examine how MDR is evolving beyond monitoring into proactive defense, how exposure management and threat intelligence are converging with it into unified risk strategies, and how AI is changing both attacker capabilities and defender workflows. The emphasis will be on clarity, alignment, and strategic direction, helping organizations rethink how their SOCs operate in an increasingly complex environment.

Day 2 will go deeper. Structured with dedicated tracks for security leaders and frontline practitioners, the second day will provide focused, role-specific content. Leaders will engage with sessions centered on governance, resilience, and executive accountability, while practitioners will dive into real-world detection scenarios, threat hunting methodologies, red teaming insights, and operational playbooks. This two-track approach reflects the reality facing modern security teams: strategy and execution must move forward together.

Why attend Rapid7's global cybersecurity summit?

The Rapid7 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit is built for today’s reality where speed, clarity, and confidence matter more than ever. This year’s focus on Preemptive Security Operations reflects a shift from reacting to incidents toward anticipating and reducing risk before impact. Preemptive security means unifying visibility across the attack surface, aligning exposure with detection and response, and using AI and intelligence to prioritize what truly matters. It’s about giving security teams the insight and authority to act earlier, reduce uncertainty, and strengthen resilience across the organization.

If 2025 was about reacting faster, 2026 is about acting sooner, so save the date now and be part of the conversation shaping the future of preemptive security operations.

May 12–13, 2026
Rapid7 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit

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