Case Study: Fortune 500 Asset Management Firm achieves rapid, continuous security validation and empowers its purple team with AttackIQ

Fortune 500 Asset Management Firm Empowers its Purple Team with the AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform

Fortune 500 Asset Management Firm, a U.S.-based finance organization, struggled to validate that its security controls (firewalls, EDR, DLP, antivirus) were purpose-fit amid constant threats. Manual, cross‑platform testing was time-consuming and error-prone—taking one to six weeks—so the firm engaged AttackIQ and its Security Optimization Platform to automate continuous validation and improve purple-team readiness.

AttackIQ implemented its Security Optimization Platform (with Vanguard services) to run automated, MITRE ATT&CK–aligned breach-and-attack simulations and provide pre-built scenarios and expert support. As a result, validation prep time dropped from up to six weeks to minutes, purple team exercises increased to one per month with the ability to test weekly or daily, and the firm uncovered and remediated issues (for example SSL decryption on firewalls and EDR agent gaps), improving controls, reporting, and executive communication.