What AttackIQ does

AttackIQ is a privately held cybersecurity company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Los Altos, California. It operates an AI-powered Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform that enables enterprise security teams to continuously validate security controls against real-world adversary behavior mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The platform is offered through three deployment models — Flex (agentless, on-demand self-service), Ready (fully managed continuous validation service), and Enterprise (advanced customizable platform with Mission Control) — supplemented by add-on modules including Command Center (multi-tenant orchestration for MSSPs and distributed teams), Watchtower (AI-powered hyperlocal threat intelligence), Detection Rule Manager, Boundary Posture Management, Exposure Management Module, and the Threat Debt Index scoring framework. AttackIQ is a Founding Research Partner of the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense and maintains a scenario library of 3,000+ adversary emulations covering 147-160+ threat groups and 600+ TTPs.

The company generates revenue through subscription licensing (quarterly, monthly, and annual tiers), managed services, usage-based credits, and professional services. Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales, a multi-tier channel partner program (Preactive), self-service PLG via Flex, and AWS Marketplace distribution. Pricing spans a free tier, $300 pay-as-you-go credit packs, a $4,995/month subscription, and custom enterprise contracts. Customer base spans Fortune 500 enterprises, mid-market, government and defense, financial services, healthcare, energy, and adjacent verticals, with named logos including NATO, Shell, BP, CISA, Westpac, AIB, USAA, ASML, and Electronic Arts. AttackIQ also operates AttackIQ Academy, a free cybersecurity education platform serving 80,000+ students across 180+ countries, and has expanded operations into South Africa (September 2025) and the UK (via Acumen Cyber partnership, May 2026) following the 2021 $44M Series C funding round that brought total capital raised to $79M. In February 2025 the company acquired DeepSurface to extend its capabilities into Adversarial Exposure Validation.

Name

AttackIQ

Legal name

AttackIQ, Inc.

Website

https://attackiq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AttackIQ provides an AI-powered Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform built on MITRE ATT&CK, offering enterprise security teams adversary emulation, breach and attack simulation, and continuous security control validation across deployment tiers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) / Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Configuration & Exposure Hardening (CIS/Benchmarking) (HDADAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Attack Surface Management (EASM/CAASM) (HDADAHAC), Security Architecture & Engineering Advisory (Zero Trust, IAM, Network) (BPAKADAF)

Keywords

• Continuous threat exposure management
• Breach attack simulation
• Adversary emulation platform
• Security control validation
• MITRE ATT&CK alignment

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Altos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AttackIQ Enterprise Subscription: Advanced exposure management platform licensed on a quarterly subscription basis. Provides maximum flexibility and customization with on-demand support for enterprise customers.
2. AttackIQ Ready (Fully Managed Service): Expert-led continuous validation delivered as a managed service. Customers define scope and objectives; AttackIQ experts handle test execution, analysis, and reporting.
3. AttackIQ Flex (Tiered Subscription): Agentless exposure validation with multiple tiers: Free (basic access), Pay-as-you-go ($300/10 credits), Monthly ($4,995 unlimited testing 30 days), Yearly (custom pricing with unlimited testing).
4. Professional Services: Expert consulting services including CTEM implementation, Threat-INFORM Defenses assessment, Defense Optimization, and Vanguard continuous validation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

AttackIQ operates a Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform that continuously validates enterprise security controls against real adversary behavior. The platform is delivered via three deployment products — Flex (agentless, self-service exposure validation), Ready (fully managed continuous validation), and Enterprise (advanced, large-scale exposure management) — and operationalizes the full CTEM lifecycle (scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, mobilization), all aligned to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Product overview

AttackIQ offers a unified CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management) platform built around Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV), combining multiple deployment products (Flex, Ready, Enterprise) with specialized modules (Command Center, Watchtower, Detection Rule Manager, Boundary Posture Management, Exposure Management Module) and solution-specific features (Detection Engineering, Compliance Optimization, Defense Optimization, Purple Teaming, Security Control Validation, Scale Offensive Testing, Red Team Augmentation, Adversary Emulation, Vulnerability Prioritization, Reduce Exposure, Zero Trust, Third-Party Risk, PREACT). The platform is anchored to MITRE ATT&CK alignment and the Threat Debt Index framework, with an embedded AI agent for automated threat analysis and testing recommendations. AttackIQ Academy provides free cybersecurity education to complement the commercial platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AttackIQ Flex: Agentless, on-demand exposure validation platform for running production-safe adversary emulations
• AttackIQ Ready
• AttackIQ Enterprise
• AttackIQ Command Center
• AttackIQ Watchtower
• AttackIQ Academy
• PREACT Security Optimization
• Threat Debt Index

Products and services

• AttackIQ Flex Agentless, on-demand exposure validation platform that runs production-safe adversary emulations without agents or installs. Customers can adopt it through a free tier or via monthly subscription, paying-as-you-go, or annual subscription. Targets mid-market and growing security teams, individual practitioners, and self-service enterprise evaluators.
• AttackIQ Ready Fully managed, expert-led continuous validation service where AttackIQ experts emulate real adversaries, validate control performance, prioritize exploitable exposures, and deliver reports and remediation guidance without customer-side management overhead. Targets enterprise security teams that want automated, continuous BAS without building and maintaining the platform themselves.
• AttackIQ Enterprise Advanced exposure management platform for large enterprises, providing maximum flexibility and customization with custom adversary scenarios, automated workflows, and program-level reporting. Includes Mission Control for orchestrating testing across distributed workforces and is licensed on a quarterly subscription basis with multi-year contract options for enterprise customers.
• AttackIQ Command Center Centralized validation management console that coordinates exposure validation across teams, clients, and partners. Provides unified management, scenario-based frameworks, smart automation, and multi-tenant governance controls for MSSPs and distributed enterprises standardizing BAS delivery at scale.
• AttackIQ Watchtower AI-powered hyperlocal threat intelligence analyzer that transforms global threat intelligence into tailored adversary emulations. Automatically generates and updates YARA, Sigma, and SNORT detection rules based on real-world TTPs, with weekly threat recommendations specific to each customer's environment. Targets enterprise security teams seeking actionable, environment-specific CTI.
• AttackIQ CTEM Platform Unified Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform connecting exposure signals, attack paths, and security controls into a single decision layer. AI-powered platform that operationalizes CTEM across scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization stages, embedding Agentic AI agents for automated threat analysis. The umbrella platform under which Flex, Ready, Enterprise, Command Center, and Watchtower are deployed.
• AttackIQ Academy Free cybersecurity education platform offering courses on purple teaming, breach and attack simulation, Threat Informed Defense, and the MITRE Framework. Grown to serve 80,000+ students across 180+ countries, complemented by an Academy Enterprise tier that adds team-level reporting for organizations. Functions as a community-building, top-of-funnel education offering that supports commercial platform adoption.

Quantifiable outcome

• 45% faster Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) in 90 days
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Acumen CybercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 May 2026Strategic partnership announced May 2026 to strengthen threat exposure management capabilities for UK organizations. Combines Acumen Cyber's engineering-led security operations with AttackIQ's adversary-informed CTEM platform to help organizations continuously validate defenses, prioritize attack paths, and measure reduction in attacker opportunity.
• DeepSurfacestrategicTechnology or Integration · 4 February 2025Acquisition of DeepSurface in February 2025 to enhance cybersecurity offerings and complete Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) solutions. DeepSurface's platform integrates with AttackIQ's existing BAS platform to enable organizations to predict where attackers could cause the most damage and validate whether critical assets are effectively protected.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or Integration · 12 November 2024AttackIQ's Breach and Attack Simulation Platform made available in AWS Marketplace, enabling AWS customers to procure and deploy AttackIQ solutions directly through AWS infrastructure.
• EY (Ernst & Young)strategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 3 October 2024Expanded partnership with EY to integrate AttackIQ's platform into EY's cyber risk service offerings, enabling joint customer deployments and managed security validation services.
• WestconcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 14 July 2021Partnership with Westcon to support AttackIQ's international expansion efforts across Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific through distribution channels.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Picus Security: Picus Security offers a Breach and Attack Simulation platform that validates security controls against real-world threats, directly competing with AttackIQ's core Flex/Ready/Enterprise offerings in the BAS/CTEM category.
• Pentera: Pentera is a leading automated security validation vendor whose continuous adversary emulation platform competes head-to-head with AttackIQ in BAS for enterprise security teams.
• SafeBreach: SafeBreach provides a breach and attack simulation platform that emulates attacker behaviors to validate security controls, directly overlapping with AttackIQ's exposure validation capabilities.
• Cymulate: Cymulate delivers a continuous security validation platform spanning BAS, exposure management, and red teaming, closely matching AttackIQ's CTEM positioning for mid-market and enterprise customers.
• XM Cyber: XM Cyber provides continuous exposure management and attack path validation, directly comparable to AttackIQ's Exposure Management Module and Threat Debt Index-driven approach to prioritizing attack paths.

Broad incumbents

• CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike's Falcon platform includes continuous compliance and exposure validation features within its broader XDR suite, positioning it as a broad incumbent that bundles BAS-like capabilities into endpoint security.
• Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks' Cortex XSIAM and Xpanse platforms include attack surface management and exposure validation features, making it a broad incumbent competing with AttackIQ in the CTEM/ASM space.
• Microsoft: Microsoft Defender Attack Simulator and Security Copilot offer built-in breach and attack simulation and exposure insights within the broader Defender and Sentinel ecosystem, posing bundled competition to standalone BAS platforms.
• Rapid7: Rapid7 offers vulnerability management and security validation through Metasploit and InsightVM, providing adjacent exposure management capabilities that overlap with AttackIQ's vulnerability prioritization solutions.
• Keysight Technologies (BreakingPoint): Keysight's BreakingPoint and Threat Simulator products offer security control validation and breach simulation at the network layer, providing an incumbent alternative to AttackIQ's enterprise-grade validation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AttackIQ
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/attackiq
• Facebookfacebook.com/AttackIQ

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors13 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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