Case Study: State Technology Services Department achieves election-ready security and optimized defenses with AttackIQ

Ahead of the 2020 Elections, AttackIQ Is a Force Multiplier for One State’s CISO

The State Technology Services Department faced heightened cyber risk ahead of the 2020 elections: protecting election systems and hundreds of statewide applications with limited staff and tight budgets, while needing objective proof that existing controls worked and vendor claims were valid. To meet this challenge, the department’s CISO implemented AttackIQ’s breach and attack simulation (BAS) Security Optimization Platform.

AttackIQ automated continuous, threat‑informed testing (aligned to MITRE ATT&CK), validated endpoint and EDR protections, and exposed configuration gaps so staff could remediate quickly and reserve external pen testers for higher‑value work. The AttackIQ deployment produced measurable business impact—simpler, faster, lower‑cost discovery of security gaps, significant time savings on endpoint validation, and price savings by validating and consolidating EDR vendors—strengthening the state’s security posture ahead of the elections.