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Olympia Sports Speeds to PCI (Payment Card Industry) Compliance using Rapid7's PCI Compliance Portal

PCI-Certified Rapid7 Provides Remote, Easy-to-Use Scanning Solution That Helps Sporting Goods Retailer Meet the Data Security Requirements of All Credit Card Companies

BOSTON – June 5, 2007 – Rapid7 today announced that Olympia Sports, a sporting goods retailer with 159 stores, is using the Rapid7 PCI (Payment Card Industry) Compliance Portal to achieve compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard. As a PCI-certified security scanning vendor, Rapid7 helps Olympia Sports meet the security requirements of all credit card companies by providing the highly accurate scans required for ensuring the retail chain’s networks are safe from hackers and protecting customers’ credit card information.

With the assistance of Rapid7, Olympia Sports was able to achieve PCI compliance very quickly.

"We took just three months to become PCI compliant and Rapid7 played a big role in that," states Paul Fitzpatrick, Olympia Sports' Director of Operations and Distribution. "They helped with going through the portal's self-assessment questionnaire and determining our needs and issues. The questionnaire is very thorough and allowed us to identify the areas we need to address and concentrate compliance."

A Level 2 merchant, Olympia Sports has already performed two quarterly scans and external penetration tests using the Rapid7 PCI Compliance Portal.

"Rapid7’s portal is easy to use and it eliminates false positives," states Fitzpatrick. "The reporting is extensive and provides us with the information we need to successfully remediate any discovered exposures."

Rapid7's PCI Compliance Portal is a hosted, self-service solution that requires no software or hardware and is accessed via a Web browser. It uses NeXpose, Rapid7's award-winning vulnerability scanning product. Companies can conduct unlimited scans for an annual fee, achieving NeXpose's enterprise-level capabilities at a cost that is within their budget.

"We look forward to continuing to work with Rapid7 to maintain our PCI compliance," said Fitzpatrick.

About the Rapid7 PCI Compliance Portal

The Rapid7 PCI Compliance Portal is a remote, easy-to-use scanning solution that meets the security requirements of all credit card companies by going beyond scanning network devices to locate the Website and database vulnerabilities that hackers commonly exploit to capture credit card data. Using the NeXpose expert system, the Rapid7 PCI Compliance Portal searches for vulnerabilities intelligently, providing results with unsurpassed accuracy and no false positives. Like NeXpose, the Rapid7 PCI Compliance Portal generates detailed remediation reports containing project plans, system links, vulnerability definitions and a step-by-step guide for fixing any exposures, allowing companies to achieve compliance quickly.

About NeXpose

Rapid7's award-winning NeXpose Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) product is an all-in-one security solution that scans Web servers, Web applications, databases and networks to locate threats, assess their risk to the environment and devise a remediation plan. NeXpose incorporates an expert system to build a knowledge base of facts on the environment it explores and model potential targeted attacks to expose all existing threats. NeXpose provides robust reporting capabilities that ensure compliance with governmental regulations, corporate security configuration policies, and the PCI Data Security Standard. NeXpose is available as an appliance, downloadable software or an On-Demand hosted solution.

About Olympia Sports

Olympia Sports is a service and family-oriented retail sporting goods company featuring a broad assortment of national brand merchandise in sports equipment, fitness equipment and apparel, athletic footwear, popular sports/leisure wear and accessories. The company has produced a successful chain of 159 stores in the Northeast, with plans for future growth.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 is the leading provider of Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) Solutions. Rapid7’s NeXpose UVM provides network, database and Web application vulnerability management for enterprise deployments and small-to-medium businesses. Since its introduction, NeXpose has been sold to corporate enterprises, Global 2000 companies, and government entities, and serves the full range of vertical markets across the U.S. and abroad. In addition, Rapid7 provides compliance products and services for PCI, HIPAA and Sarbanes Oxley. Rapid7 is headquartered in Boston, MA, with an office in Los Angeles, California.