AttackIQ helps organizations answer the most fundamental question in cybersecurity: are our defenses actually working? Founded in 2013 in San Diego, California by Stephan Chenette and Rajesh Dhalwani, the company provides a security optimization platform that uses the MITRE ATT&CK framework to continuously test whether security controls detect and prevent real-world attack techniques.
The platform runs adversary emulations — safe simulations of specific threat actor behaviors — across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments, then measures how existing security tools respond. AttackIQ doesn’t just identify gaps; it provides specific remediation guidance tied to each failed test, showing security teams exactly which configurations to change or which detection rules to add. The company also offers AttackIQ Ready!, a fully managed BAS service for organizations that want continuous testing without building an in-house program.
AttackIQ has raised over $80 million in funding and built an unusually strong relationship with MITRE, becoming a founding research partner of the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense. This collaboration gives AttackIQ unique access to emerging threat intelligence and helps shape how the broader security community thinks about threat-informed defense. The company serves enterprises, government agencies, and managed security service providers across multiple sectors. Its open approach — publishing free tools like the Anatomic Engine and contributing to open-source security projects — has built significant credibility in the security community and created a pipeline of practitioners who become advocates for the platform.
