Case Study: Leading Hedge Fund achieves continuous security validation and gap remediation with AttackIQ

Leading Hedge Fund Company - Customer Case Study

Leading Hedge Fund Company, a multi‑billion‑dollar asset manager with more than 1,000 employees worldwide, needed an objective way to assess the performance of its security controls, staff, and processes amid rising cyber threats. After evaluating options, the firm selected AttackIQ’s breach and attack simulation (BAS) platform—operationalizing the MITRE ATT&CK framework—and began deployment in 2019 to gain immediate visibility into gaps and validate its defenses.

AttackIQ’s BAS automated emulation of full attack chains, enabling the hedge fund’s red, blue, and purple teams to test controls, compare EDR vendors, and run continuous security validation. The Leading Hedge Fund Company deployed the platform to a few thousand users and then expanded enterprise‑wide; in six months the BAS uncovered several new gaps that were prioritized and remediated, improving cross‑team accountability, continuous validation, and overall risk reduction while providing objective, auditable metrics for security posture.