Gartner 2025 EAP Leaders from Softprom's portfolio: Rapid7, Armis, CrowdStrike

The world of cybersecurity is shifting toward the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) strategy. This transition is confirmed by the Gartner Magic Quadrant 2025 for the Exposure Assessment Platforms (EAP) segment report.

For CIOs and IT Directors, this report serves as a roadmap for technology selection. Let’s review the positions of three key vendors from the Softprom portfolio.

Rapid7: Leader in Vulnerability Management

According to the Gartner chart, Rapid7 has been officially recognized as a Leader in the EAP market. The Exposure Command platform delivers deep analytics and automated risk remediation.

Key features of Rapid7:

• Gartner status: Leader.
• CTEM integration: operationalization of the five threat management stages according to Gartner methodology.
• AI analytics: use of LLMs to generate prioritized vulnerability remediation plans.

Armis: A powerful Challenger in asset protection

Armis has secured a strong position in the Challengers quadrant. The Armis Centrix solution focuses on full visibility of all devices, including IT, OT, and IoT environments.

Advantages of the Armis Centrix platform:

• Gartner status: Challenger.
• Agentless visibility: 100% asset discovery in critical networks without the risk of disruptions.
• Scalability: high Ability to Execute across global infrastructures.

CrowdStrike: Challenger with a platform-centric approach

CrowdStrike is also classified as a Challenger in the EAP 2025 report. With the Falcon Exposure Management module, the company offers seamless integration of risk management into a unified security ecosystem.

Characteristics of CrowdStrike Falcon:

• Gartner status: Challenger.
• Single agent: collection of threat exposure data without installing additional software on endpoints.
• Response speed: automated prioritization based on data from the CrowdStrike threat cloud.

Exposure Assessment Platforms are becoming the foundation for continuous threat management programs.

Comparison of positions in the Magic Quadrant

Rapid7 — Leader

• High scores for completeness of vision and ability to execute in risk management.

Armis — Challenger

• Strong execution capabilities in protecting cyber-physical and IT systems.

CrowdStrike — Challenger

• Effective implementation of threat assessment within the unified Falcon security platform.