According to a recent press release, “AttackIQⓇ, the leading independent vendor in the breach and attack simulation market, in conjunction with their GSA Schedule partner, RockITek, today announced their platform has been added to the Approved Products List (APL) to deliver relevant cybersecurity capabilities in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program. AttackIQ assures federal agencies are in the best position possible to defend against actual security threats by continuously testing security controls, processes and people with their automated validation platform.”

The release continues, “The DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s CDM program is leading the effort to reduce cyber risk and provide visibility across the federal government. The CDM program is delivering automated tools to federal agencies to strengthen their ability to identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis, prioritize these risks based on potential impacts, and quickly enable cybersecurity personnel to focus on the most significant problems first. The program provides cybersecurity tools, integration services, and dashboards to participating agencies to support them in improving their respective security posture.”

John Sobczak, RockITek’s CEO, commented, “Through the CDM Program, federal agencies are receiving the necessary tools to strengthen their ability to monitor and manage cyber threats. AttackIQ provides a unique capability to continuously validate that the deployed tools are effectively stopping the attacks they were intended to… We are very excited about making the AttackIQ platform available on the CDM Program.”

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