Case Study: Fortune 50 Retailer achieves automated security control validation and 30% boost in EDR detections with AttackIQ

A Fortune 50 Retailer Relies on AttackIQ for Automated Security Control Validation Against Real-World Threats and Optimized Overall Cybersecurity Program Effectiveness

Fortune 50 Retailer, a large U.S. and Canada retailer with over 2,000 stores and roughly 19 million weekly transactions, needed to protect customer and corporate data despite a small Offensive Security team (8–10 people) and a vast attack surface. Facing rising vulnerabilities and limited resources for routine testing, the retailer evaluated breach and attack simulation tools and selected the AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform to automate security control validation and improve their overall cybersecurity program.

AttackIQ delivered automated breach-and-attack simulation, pre-built MITRE ATT&CK–aligned scenarios, and rapid test content for emergent threats (e.g., Log4j), enabling a purple-team approach and continuous control validation. As a result, the retailer increased EDR detections by about 30%, reduced manual testing overhead so offensive security staff could focus on remediation and high-value tasks, and gained faster, measurable assurance about control effectiveness to inform executive reporting — all enabled by AttackIQ.