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Rapid7 CEO: AI MDR Will Force CISOs to Ditch Reactive Alerts by 2026

Security teams choke on millions of telemetry pings daily, but AI-powered MDR promises to cut through the noise. Rapid7 CEO Corey Thomas says forget watching subsets—full-environment monitoring is coming, like it or not.

CVE Watch Apr 11, 2026 4 min read
Rapid7 CEO Corey Thomas on AI-powered MDR evolution

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • AI excels at scaling telemetry processing, but needs rich context to avoid false positives. 𝕏
  • Shift to preemptive MDR: map attack surfaces, prioritize exposures, prep responses ahead. 𝕏
  • Transparency and auditability become must-haves as AI enters security decision loops. 𝕏
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Originally reported by Rapid7 Blog

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