Rapid7 has acquired Kenzo Security, an emerging player in agentic AI security, to boost its managed detection and response (MDR) capabilities.
The acquisition will see Kenzo’s technology integrated into Rapid7’s Command Platform, allowing organisations to move beyond AI-assisted workflows to AI-driven security operations capable of investigating and responding to threats at scale.
Rapid7 said the deal addresses a core challenge facing modern security operations centres, where teams are overwhelmed by alert volumes. The company estimates that nearly half of alerts go unexamined, leaving organisations exposed despite increasing investment in security tooling.
“Reactive security models have reached their limits,” Corey Thomas, chief executive officer of Rapid7, said in a March 26 statement.
“Attackers are using AI to move faster, attack surface complexity is accelerating, and security teams are expected to improve outcomes without additional resources. Kenzo Security advances our mission to enable security operations that preempt attackers with predictive precision and machine-scale.”
According to the companies, early deployments have demonstrated significant efficiency gains, with customers reporting up to a 94 per cent reduction in investigation time and full alert coverage compared with traditional sampling approaches.
“We built Kenzo Security as a revolutionary AI platform designed to help organisations manage security in ways that were not possible before,” Partha Naidu, chief product officer and co-founder of Kenzo Security, said.
“In customer deployments, we’ve seen investigation time shrink from hours to minutes, and instead of sampling or prioritising a subset, the platform scales to investigate every alert end-to-end.”
Rapid7 said the combined offering will allow analysts to focus on high-value decision-making while AI agents handle routine investigative tasks, helping reduce operational strain and improve consistency across security operations.
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