Case Study: Wiltshire Council achieves faster remediation and deeper vulnerability insight with Rapid7 Nexpose & Metasploit

Rapid7 Nexpose® and Metasploit® “Make Life Easier” at Wiltshire Council

Wiltshire Council, a unitary government authority serving more than 5,000 employees and supporting over 350 services, needed to protect residents’ personal data and meet stringent compliance requirements. After an external security assessment prompted months of manual remediation, the IT team sought a more systematic, efficient way to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities and support regular penetration testing.

By deploying Rapid7 Nexpose and Metasploit, Wiltshire gained integrated scanning, clear prioritized reporting (a top-10 vulnerabilities report that can address about 70% of issues), and the ability to launch targeted penetration tests from scan results. The tools cut review time from months to days, enabled rapid fixes like a Heartbleed mitigation completed in about 30 minutes, and delivered dashboards and reports suitable for technical teams and senior management—making ongoing risk reduction and compliance far more manageable.

Wiltshire Council

Steve Grieshaber

Acting Head of Service, IT Infrastructure