Rapid7

Exploring a mobile companion for Nexpose

A concept for a mobile utility app that gives security teams anywhere, anytime access to the numbers that matter, without competing with their desktop dashboards.

Three dark Nexpose Assistant screens: a Rapid7 sign-in, a “Good morning” dashboard with 34 scans in progress, and a list of new vulnerabilities.

Context

At Rapid7, we started to consider what mobile versions of its products could look like as utility-type apps. Nexpose Assistant explored that idea for Nexpose, Rapid7’s vulnerability management product. I worked on it between November 2016 and February 2017.

The challenge with a mobile dashboard is providing relevant content that’s easy to take in on a small screen.

Approach

The app shouldn’t compete with the desktop dashboards. Instead, mobile should complement them by giving people anywhere, anytime access to key numbers. In other words, a mobile dashboard doesn’t need to cover every base.

I worked through research, information architecture, wireframes, visual design and prototypes, starting with sketches on paper.

Paper sketches of Nexpose Assistant screens: a sign-in, a “Good morning” dashboard and lists of sites and vulnerabilities. — Early sketches.

Three dark chart cards: assets by scan time as a bar chart, a ring showing 20% of assets with critical vulnerabilities, and a scatter plot of assets by risk. — Chart cards sized for a phone.

Three Nexpose screens: sign-in, a summary of 250 critical, 601 severe and 4k moderate vulnerabilities with a ring chart, and a settings menu. — Sign-in, a vulnerability summary and settings.

All work