AttackIQ, a leader in threat-informed Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), today announced its partnership with FRC, a cybersecurity solutions and professional services provider for government agencies, to help federal cyber teams put Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) into daily practice. The companies bring together security validation technology and federal delivery expertise to help agencies measure and improve the effectiveness of their cyber defenses.
Federal agencies need to know whether their defenses will hold up as adversary techniques, system configurations and mission requirements change. Vulnerability scans and periodic assessments identify weaknesses, but do not establish whether deployed controls can detect or stop the attacks most relevant to an agency’s mission.
AttackIQ enables agencies to translate mission-relevant threat intelligence into adversary emulation, evaluate defensive effectiveness and prioritize improvements that reduce attacker opportunity. Continuous validation helps teams improve detection coverage, optimize controls and verify that remediation closes exploitable gaps. FRC helps government customers navigate technology acquisition and supports onboarding, implementation, training and ongoing operations.
“An adversary doesn’t care what an agency bought or whether it passed an assessment. They care about what they can get through,” said Carl Wright, Chief Commercial Officer of AttackIQ. “Federal cyber teams need to know where their defenses will fail before an attacker shows them. With FRC, we’re helping agencies make continuous validation an operational capability, so they can focus resources on the gaps that create real adversary opportunity and prove their defenses are improving.”
The partnership also supports the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) enterprise AEV program. DISA selected AttackIQ as the Department of War’s enterprise AEV platform, with FRC serving as the prime contractor supporting deployment across the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN).
The program will provide a common validation capability across military services, combatant commands and defense agencies, giving Department leadership enterprise-wide visibility into cyber readiness. The deployment also includes AVA Agentic OS and Watchtower to automate cyber analysis, prioritize mission-relevant threats and coordinate validation activities.
“Federal agencies need a clear path from acquiring technology to using it effectively across their operations,” said Jeremy Young, President and CEO of FRC. “Our role is to help customers navigate that process and support the teams responsible for implementation and adoption. With AttackIQ, we’re helping agencies build the ability to validate their defenses into the way they carry out their missions.”
About AttackIQ
AttackIQ is the leader in threat-informed Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), helping organizations continuously validate defenses, break attack paths, and reduce threat debt through evidence-based security operations.
Through AVA Agentic OS, AttackIQ has introduced the industry’s first agentic operating system purpose-built for CTEM, enabling organizations to execute Continuous Threat Exposure Management autonomously at enterprise scale.
By orchestrating specialized AI agents across threat intelligence, adversary exposure validation, security validation, detection engineering, control optimization, threat debt reduction, and AI security validation, AttackIQ transforms fragmented security activities into continuous cyber resilience.
Trusted by the world’s largest enterprises, government agencies, and managed security providers, AttackIQ empowers organizations to continuously discover, validate, and reduce cyber risk with confidence.
CTEM Runs on AVA.
About FRC
FRC is a mission-focused technology solutions provider delivering cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, professional services, and education solutions to public-sector organizations worldwide. As a strategic aggregator and trusted partner, FRC helps federal, state, local, and international clients modernize IT environments, strengthen cyber resilience, and operationalize emerging technologies.
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