Axonius unveils IAVM capability to close DOW asset intel gap. by Jane Edwards August 26, 2026, 11:34 am * Axonius has launched an IAVM capability within Axonius Exposures * The tool automates asset-directive correlation for defense agencies * The 2026 Navy Summit will explore AI, digital engineering and more As Department of War agencies work to close visibility gaps across sprawling IT environments, government and industry leaders will gather at the Potomac Officers Club's 2026 Navy Summit tomorrow, Aug. 27, the organization's final DOW summit of the year. The event will explore artificial intelligence, digital engineering, autonomous and unmanned systems, network modernization, shipbuilding and other priorities shaping the future maritime force. Book your spot now! How does the new capability support DOW agencies? The company said Tuesday IAVM directives, administered through DOW's IAVM program, carry mandatory patching deadlines and chain-of-command accountability. According to Axonius, missing those deadlines is treated as a regulatory failure with formal reporting consequences. Axonius said the capability draws on more than 1,400 bi-directional integrations to build a full list of assets affected by a given directive, extending beyond what a traditional vulnerability management tool has scanned. This approach is intended to surface shadow assets, newly provisioned systems and other assets that fall outside a standard scan cycle, replacing the manual cross-referencing work agencies currently perform against scan data, configuration management database records and asset inventories. Axonius said the capability also aggregates data from every source in an agency's technology stack, including VM scanners, to build a complete picture of affected assets for each directive. Brian Meyer, field chief technology officer at Axonius Federal Systems, said the manual correlation work required during a compliance window adds unnecessary risk for defense agencies. "When a CAT I directive lands, the clock doesn't pause for someone to finish reconciling five different asset lists. That correlation work is exactly what U.S. defense agencies shouldn't have to do by hand anymore," Meyer stated. "Our new IAVM capability in Axonius Exposures answers the one question that matters in that window: which of my assets are affected? Most importantly, it pulls from everywhere in an environment, not just what a traditional VM tool scanned. That's the gap we're closing for U.S. defense agencies." How does the development align with Axonius' Federal compliance push? The new IAVM capability builds on a series of moves by Axonius to deepen its footprint in defense and federal compliance work. In a recent article, Meyer wrote that complete IT asset visibility is key to helping agencies strengthen zero trust efforts and meet FITARA compliance requirements. The company has also worked to expand visibility into federal networks, teaming up with Elastic to launch a native integration designed to help federal agencies meet the asset visibility and logging requirements outlined in an Office of Management and Budget memorandum. Axonius Federal is separately pursuing FedRAMP Class D (High) certification for the Axonius Asset Cloud, building on its existing FedRAMP Moderate authorization to meet the needs of agencies operating in high-impact environments. is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders' perspectives on government technology trends.

Axonius has launched an Information Assurance Vulnerability Management capability for US defence agencies. The new feature automates the mapping of IAVM directives to affected assets across an agency's environment. IAVM directives, administered through the Department of Defence IAVM programme and directed by USCYBERCOM, have mandatory patching deadlines with direct accountability. Missing a deadline constitutes a regulatory failure with formal reporting consequences. The capability pulls data from over 1,400 bi-directional integrations, covering assets that traditional vulnerability management scanners might miss, including shadow assets and newly provisioned systems. This eliminates the manual correlation work currently performed by CISOs and vulnerability management leads when directives are issued. The feature aggregates data from across the entire technology stack, providing a complete view of affected assets before compliance deadlines expire.

Axonius introduces information assurance vulnerability management for Axonius Asset Cloud to close asset intelligence gap for U.S. Defense agencies. U.S. defense agencies get a direct line from IAVM directives to affected assets, cutting the manual correlation work out of every CAT I, II, and III patching window. August 25, 2026 09:00 ET | Source: Axonius Inc. NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Axonius, the asset intelligence platform for unified security operations and exposure management, today announced a new information assurance vulnerability management (IAVM) capability for Axonius Exposures as part of the Axonius Asset Cloud. This provides U.S. defense agencies an automated way to map IAVM directives to every affected asset across their environment. U.S. defense agencies can close the gap between receiving an IAVM directive and knowing what to fix before the compliance clock runs out. IAVM directives, which are administered through the Department of Defense (DoD) IAVM program and directed by USCYBERCOM through the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command (DCDC), have categorical compliance timelines (e.g., CAT I, CAT II, and CAT III) with mandatory patching deadlines and direct chain-of-command accountability. For U.S. defense agencies, missing a deadline is a regulatory failure with formal reporting consequences. Today, most U.S. defense agencies absorb that risk manually. When an IAVM directive lands, chief information security officers (CISOs), information assurance officers (IAOs), and vulnerability management (VM) leads start a correlation exercise by hand. They cross-reference the directive against VM scan data, configuration management database (CMDB) records, and asset inventories that were never built to integrate with each other. The time lost in that exercise counts towards the window that is given to U.S. defense agencies to fix the problem. With IAVM in Axonius Exposures, U.S. defense agencies can: * Map an IAVM directive to a full list of affected assets: This is pulled from more than 1,400 bi-directional integrations that Axonius connects to, not just what a traditional VM tool has scanned. * Cover what VM scanners miss: Traditional VM tools can only report on what they scan. This means that shadow assets, newly provisioned systems, and other data sitting outside a scan cycle don't show up in the picture of what's affected. * Aggregate data from every source in the stack, including VM scanners: This ensures that the affected asset list for an IAVM directive reflects the full environment. "When a CAT I directive lands, the clock doesn't pause for someone to finish reconciling five different asset lists. That correlation work is exactly what U.S. defense agencies shouldn't have to do by hand anymore," said Brian "Stretch" Meyer, field chief technology officer at Axonius Federal Systems. "Our new IAVM capability in Axonius Exposures answers the one question that matters in that window: which of my assets are affected? Most importantly, it pulls from everywhere in an environment, not just what a traditional VM tool scanned. That's the gap we're closing for U.S. defense agencies." In May 2026, Axonius Federal Systems announced the initiation of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP(R) Class D (High) Certification process for the Axonius Asset Cloud. This effort builds directly on the existing FedRAMP Class C (Moderate) Certification, achieved by AFS in April 2025. Availability IAVM in Axonius Exposures is available to U.S. defense agencies in early access. About Axonius Axonius is the asset intelligence platform for unified security operations and exposure management. The Axonius Asset Cloud is the one source of truth for assets and exposures across an organization's entire environment, providing all the right context to prioritize risks and coordinate fixes. Cited as one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, with accolades from CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune, Axonius supports millions of assets for leading customers across industries and around the world. About Axonius Federal Systems (AFS) Axonius Federal Systems (AFS) provides a unified asset inventory and continuous insight into exposures, all while aligning with key mandates like Zero Trust, CDM, FISMA, EO 14028, and BOD 23-01. As the U.S. federal subsidiary of Axonius, AFS supports mission-critical cybersecurity efforts across the U.S. federal government. Learn more at www.axonius.com/federal-systems.