Company honored for its commitment to providing free specialized training for the greater good of the cybersecurity community

AttackIQ, the leading independent vendor of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) systems, today announced it has won the Most Engaged Community Partner Award from the Virtually Testing Foundation (VTF), a California-based 501(c)3 e-learning non-profit organization. AttackIQ was honored for its efforts giving back to the cybersecurity community through its free award-winning AttackIQ Academy.

Each year, VTF’s Most Engaged Community Partner Award recognizes a partner who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to helping the cybersecurity community at large and advancing VTF’s mission, which is to serve a cybersecurity-focused community by organizing career paths, bootcamps, speaker events, hands-on workshops, online conferences, and more.

“Security teams must be able to plan their defenses against well-defined threats, measure how well those defenses are working, and execute improvements, all on a continuous basis”

“Security teams must be able to plan their defenses against well-defined threats, measure how well those defenses are working, and execute improvements, all on a continuous basis,” said Jonathan Reiber, Vice President for Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy at AttackIQ. “To give back to the community and advance the start of the art in cybersecurity education, we launched AttackIQ Academy to give security practitioners the practical cybersecurity skills they need, at no cost, to stay ahead. We are honored to receive this award and recognition.”

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VTF’s first-of-its-kind partnership with AttackIQ has provided enterprise testing internships to hundreds of college-enrolled students via AttackIQ Academy. During the 10-week career path programs, VTF interns complete courses on operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK, foundations of breach and attack simulation, and purple teaming; earn ISC(2) CPE credits; supply weekly testing reports that highlight any bugs or defects that could obstruct the end-user experience; and are presented with opportunities to develop and improve their networking and professional skill set.

“Community is at the very core of what we do, and we are proud to present this award to AttackIQ for its unwavering dedication to serving the cybersecurity and VTF community,” said Victor Monga, CISO and co-founder of Virtually Testing Foundation. “Offering AttackIQ Academy courses through VTF has allowed our interns and members to gain realistic, hands-on experience about taking a holistic approach to cybersecurity.”

Automated testing has increased in importance over the last year for the security industry and the U.S. government. In September 2022, for example, CISA began recommending that organizations automate continuous security control validation using MITRE ATT&CK. And leading organizations like the U.S. Army, JetBlue and ISS World Services have adopted BAS and automated security control validation technology to achieve real security outcomes.

In addition to its Academy courses, AttackIQ also gives back to the community by providing cutting-edge insights on the latest threats and through actionable guidance for improving security readiness through the AttackIQ Adversary Research Team. Driven by intelligence and research, the team helps organizations validate their cyberdefenses against adversaries with assessments and attack graphs that will help them achieve peak performance.

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