Case Study: Weill Cornell University achieves prioritized vulnerability remediation and near-zero scan time with Rapid7 Nexpose

Weill Cornell Medical College Relies on Rapid7 Nexpose for a Secure Environment

Weill Cornell Medical College, an academic medical center with HIPAA-driven security requirements and a user community that extends to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, faced a complex, heterogeneous IT environment and an aging vulnerability scanner. The existing tool missed platforms and vulnerabilities, couldn’t support a move to centralized security, and forced time-consuming, sometimes invasive patching—so the college needed a scalable solution that would prioritize real risk and minimize downtime.

Weill Cornell deployed Rapid7 Nexpose with Rapid7 support and began seeing meaningful results within a week and full network scanning by the end of the first month. Nexpose’s automated calendaring, broad platform coverage, continuous updates, and prioritized reporting reduced weekly scan effort from hours to nearly zero, enabled targeted remediation of critical risks, and made it easy to roll improved security across the campus.

WEILL Cornell University

Ben Nathan

Associate Director, Security and Identity Management