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On August 4, AttackIQ, a provider of threat-informed Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), announced that after a lengthy analysis of alternatives, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has selected AttackIQ as the enterprise platform for Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) across the Department of War (DoW). The deployment establishes a common operational capability that enables all DoW components to continuously validate the effectiveness of its cyber defenses against real-world adversary behavior while providing Department leadership with enterprise-wide visibility into cyber readiness.
The deployment will be implemented by DISA and will be supported across the DoDIN, creating the Department’s first enterprise-wide capability for continuously measuring defensive effectiveness through evidence-based adversary emulation. Rather than relying solely on vulnerability data or periodic assessments, AttackIQ enables organizations to continuously prove whether security controls, detections, and defensive processes will perform against the adversary techniques most likely to target their mission.
As part of the deployment, the Department will also leverage AttackIQ AVA Agentic OS, the industry’s first agentic operating system purpose-built for cybersecurity missions, together with Watchtower, AttackIQ’s Hyper-Localized AI Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyzer. These AI-powered capabilities support the Department’s broader strategy to modernize cyber operations by accelerating the operational use of artificial intelligence to automate cyber analysis, prioritize mission-relevant threats, and continuously optimize defensive operations.
Beyond establishing the Department’s enterprise platform for Adversarial Exposure Validation, the deployment includes AVA Agentic OS and Watchtower to automate complex cyber missions through teams of specialized AI agents. Together, these capabilities continuously analyze mission-specific threat intelligence, identify the adversary techniques most relevant to each Defense Agency, orchestrate autonomous validation missions, optimize defensive controls, and provide Department leadership with a real-time understanding of the effectiveness and readiness of cyber defensive operations across the global enterprise.
“The future of cyber defense is not measured by how many vulnerabilities are discovered—it is measured by how effectively organizations can validate and optimize their ability to defeat real adversaries,” said Carl Wright, chief commercial officer of AttackIQ. “By standardizing on AttackIQ as its enterprise Adversarial Exposure Validation platform, the Department of War is establishing a common operational framework for continuously measuring cyber readiness while leveraging AI to automate analysis, prioritize operational risk, and optimize defensive operations at enterprise scale.”
Source: AttackIQ
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