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Leadership Isn’t Given, It’s Earned: Axio Named a Leader in the 2025 Forrester Wave™ for Cyber Risk Quantification Soultions, Q2 2025

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Axio has once again been recognized as a Leader in Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) in the Forrester Wave™, Q2 2025—marking our second consecutive year of receiving this honor. This recognition isn’t just a label—it reflects our mission: to deliver the most usable, transparent, and high-fidelity CRQ platform on the market.

Why Axio Was Recognized as a CRQ Leader

In a cybersecurity landscape where organizations demand both speed and accuracy, Axio stands out for delivering real business value—fast. Over the last year, our team has doubled down on time-to-value and accessibility by building features that make CRQ scalable, reliable, and easy to adopt.

What’s New in the Axio CRQ Platform

Our latest product enhancements are designed to simplify CRQ implementation and accelerate actionable insights. Whether you’re a global enterprise or a growing organization just starting your cyber risk quantification journey, here’s what you can now do with Axio:

  • CRQ Wizard: Launch risk quantification in under 15 minutes. Industry-specific, pre-built cyber risk scenarios (5–7 per sector) help you get started instantly.
  • Automated Susceptibility & Likelihood Modeling: Simplify complex statistical analysis. Let Axio handle the math while improving the precision of your risk models.
  • Cyber-Physical Damage Insurability Reporting: Assess insurance coverage more effectively. Built-in reports help you evaluate cyber risk transfer strategies with confidence.
  • Enhanced Board Reporting: Bridge the gap between cybersecurity and the boardroom. Clear, impactful visuals help you communicate risk to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Control Framework Integration: Quantify faster with automated control mapping. Align CRQ outputs with your existing control maturity frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001).
  • AI-Generated Risk Scenarios: Leverage intelligent scenario suggestions. Stay ahead of evolving threats using AI-driven recommendations based on industry data.
  • Expanded API Ecosystem: Connect CRQ with your stack. Seamlessly integrate with risk, GRC, analytics, and cyber platforms.
  • New Data Partnerships: Onboard and model faster. Access more integrated threat and incident data to enrich your CRQ efforts.

Axio: Built for Fast, Effective Cyber Risk Quantification

Everything we build centers around speed, accuracy, and usability. Unlike legacy platforms, Axio is designed to get you up and running—without weeks of configuration or dependency on external consultants.

Whether your goal is to support cyber insurance decisions, strengthen your security investments, or improve cyber resilience reporting, Axio makes CRQ fast, repeatable, and scalable.

What’s Next for CRQ at Axio?

We’re just getting started. The Axio roadmap is packed with innovations to help organizations:

  • Onboard faster

  • Scale CRQ across business units

  • Optimize cyber investments

  • Improve regulatory alignment and executive reporting

Stay tuned—we’re committed to helping security, risk, and resilience leaders lead with clarity and confidence.

Thank You to Our Community

To our customers, prospects, and partners: thank you. Your feedback, ambition, and trust help us continuously improve. Being the only CRQ platform recognized as a Leader twice in a row by Forrester proves that small teams can build category-defining products.

Ready to Experience the Axio CRQ Platform?

Curious about how Axio can help you quantify cyber risk and improve decision-making?

Book a demo and discover how fast and effective cyber risk quantification can be.

—Nicole Sundin, Chief Product Officer, Axio