AttackIQ

AttackIQ Platform is an Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) solution from AttackIQ, founded in 2013 (originally 2014) by Stephan Chenette (Co-Founder & CTO) and Rajesh Sharma (Co-Founder & Chief Architect), with Brett Galloway as CEO, and headquartered in Los Altos, CA, United States with additional offices in San Diego, CA and Santa Clara, CA. The company raised $108M in total funding across 7 rounds from investors including Atlantic Bridge, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Telstra Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV), Gaingels, and Qualcomm Ventures, with the last funding round in July 2021 ($44M Series C). AttackIQ pioneered the Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) category in 2014 with the industry's first commercial platform and is a founding research partner of the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (CTID).

The platform evolved from traditional BAS to comprehensive Adversarial Exposure Validation, providing continuous, automated security control validation aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and built to support Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The platform features three core products: AttackIQ Flex (agentless, pay-as-you-go test-as-a-service), AttackIQ Ready! (fully managed BAS-as-a-Service with weekly/monthly automated validation), and AttackIQ Enterprise (comprehensive co-managed solution with customizable testing and expert guidance). Key differentiator is AVA, AttackIQ's AI-powered assistant that creates and tailors adversary scenarios, interprets threat intelligence, provides automated recommendations, and accelerates remediation with detection-rule validations. The platform delivers always-on, automated testing that eliminates point-in-time blind spots, verifying threats, controls, and attack paths across cloud, identity, and infrastructure without production disruption.

The solution is trusted by Fortune 50 companies, four of the Fortune 20, and government agencies worldwide, with over 60,000 students enrolled in the free AttackIQ Academy. The platform supports compliance validation for NIST 800-53, CMMC, PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA, and cyber insurance requirements. Available through AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace with flexible deployment options including SaaS, private cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments. The company's commitment to the cybersecurity community is demonstrated through the free award-winning AttackIQ Academy, open Preactive Security Exchange, and partnership with MITRE Engenuity's Center for Threat-Informed Defense.