Case Study: Leading National Bank achieves efficient, automated cybersecurity risk assessment with AttackIQ

Efficiently Assessing Cybersecurity Risk Across a Leading National Bank's People, Processes, and Technology

Leading National Bank, a U.S. financial services institution with dozens of branches and hundreds of ATMs, faced escalating cyber threats and needed continuous, regulator-ready proof that its preventive and detective controls, people, and processes were effective—beyond costly, infrequent penetration tests. The bank selected AttackIQ and its breach and attack simulation (BAS) Security Optimization Platform to automate risk assessments and validate controls across technology, people, and processes.

AttackIQ deployed its Security Optimization Platform to run MITRE ATT&CK–aligned simulations and scenario templates, enabling routine control validation, quick ad hoc testing, and retesting after remediation. The solution reduced the resource burden compared with annual pen tests, gave the SOC actionable findings for remediation, produced same-day answers to management inquiries, and provided evidence to support a higher OCC maturity rating while strengthening customer confidence and informing investment decisions.