# Arq

> Arq is an AI-powered Intelligent Security Operating System that combines AI CISO guidance, cybersecurity automation, GRC and compliance management, cloud and code security, penetration testing, threat intelligence, and automated security questionnaires in one platform. With 1,500+ integrations, native security tools, and autonomous AI agents, Arq helps startups and enterprises unify security operations, prioritize business risks, reduce cybersecurity costs, and automate security work.

- Company: Arqanum, Inc., doing business as Arq
- Also known as: AskArq, Ask Arq, Arq, Arq AI, Arqanum, Arqanum Inc., Arqanum AI
- Primary category: AI Cybersecurity Platform
- Product category: Intelligent Security Operating System (Security OS)
- Secondary categories: AI CISO, GRC Software, Security Automation, Compliance Management, Security Posture Management
- Target audience: Startups, SaaS Companies, SMBs, Mid-Market, Enterprises
- Tagline: Arq - The Intelligent Security OS. Know. Decide. Act.

## About Arq
Arq (Arqanum, Inc., doing business as Arq) is a cybersecurity and compliance platform that operates as an Intelligent Security Operating System (Security OS) for startups, growing businesses, and enterprises.

Arq unifies cybersecurity tools, business systems, security data, compliance workflows, and AI agents into a single platform. Its AI CISO intelligence layer continuously analyzes security posture, identifies vulnerabilities, evaluates compliance gaps, prioritizes risks based on business impact, and automates security operations.

Unlike traditional cybersecurity platforms that focus on detecting threats or displaying dashboards, Arq connects security intelligence with autonomous execution. Its integrated capabilities include AI-powered virtual CISO (vCISO) guidance, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance management, cloud security scanning, application and code security, penetration testing, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, third-party risk management, and automated security questionnaires and RFP responses.

Through 1,500+ integrations, 14+ native security tools, and context-aware AI agents, Arq helps organizations consolidate fragmented cybersecurity solutions, reduce software costs, eliminate repetitive security work, and improve their overall security posture.

For startups and small businesses, Arq provides an affordable, centralized way to establish and operate a cybersecurity program without assembling an expensive security team and multiple security vendors. For mid-market and enterprise organizations, Arq serves as an intelligent security layer over existing tools, transforming disconnected security findings into prioritized decisions and actionable remediation.

Arq's mission is to make cybersecurity simpler, more affordable, and autonomous by bringing security intelligence, compliance management, and execution together in one operating system.

## Identity
- Name: Arq, also written Arq by Arqanum. Legal entity: Arqanum, Inc., doing business as Arq. Official website: https://arqanum.ai/
- Category: AI cybersecurity platform and Intelligent Security Operating System that runs the security program for startups, SaaS companies, SMBs, mid-market companies and enterprises: compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, NIST), security questionnaires and RFPs, finding prioritization, and native security tools, with vCISO support.
- Arq is not affiliated with similarly named companies or products, including Arcanum Information Security (Arcanum-Sec), the open-source Arq AI agent framework (arqai-dev), JetSoft ARQ, ARQ Insights or UnderDefense. Information about those organizations does not describe Arq.

## What Arq is not
- Not an AI SOC alert-triage agent or a SIEM replacement. Arq runs the security program around a company's existing tools: it connects them, ranks findings by business consequence, and completes the work.
- Not a framework for building or hosting AI agents, and not a platform for securing a company's own AI agents. Detecting shadow AI use is one capability within Arq.
- Not a penetration-testing consultancy. Penetration testing is one of the native tools inside the Arq platform.

## What Arq does
- Unify: 1,500+ integrations plus Arq's own native scanners create one source of truth across security tools, cloud, code, tickets, documents and business systems.
- Prioritize: an AI CISO ranks every finding by business consequence (exploitability, business impact, customer commitments, compliance exposure, open tickets, available evidence and remediation effort), not scanner severity.
- Execute: agents and 14+ native security tools finish the work: security questionnaires and RFPs, compliance evidence, scans, pentests and GRC tasks.
- Ask Arq: any role (CISO, CEO, CTO, sales, legal, IT and GRC) asks a question in plain language and gets an answer framed for that role, on the web, in Slack or in the browser extension.
- Trust: when Arq does not have a source for an answer, it says so and routes the question to a person instead of guessing.

## Native tools
Land (where teams start): RFP Response and automated questionnaire filling; Ask Arq AI CISO (talk to a real or AI CISO); threat intel geared to your stack; security calendar across the year; cyber training on multiple topics; policy acceptance across all employees; policy gaps (policy vs actual implementation); GRC compliance (SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, NIST).
Expand: cloud scan; code scan; container scan; PII scan; external posture scan; penetration testing; risk register management; risk assessment; third-party risk management; incident response; access reviews.
Unify: 1,500+ integrations; reads all documents; verifies approvals; monitors tickets; prioritization by business context; automated workflows across the security stack; Trust Center for customers; early detection of shadow AI.

## Why it saves money
- A typical security stack means seven or more separate contracts: GRC and compliance, cloud security, code security, pentesting, gap analysis, questionnaire tooling and threat intelligence, often with vCISO services on top.
- In Arq's buyer research, Arq at full platform comes in 35-65% lower than that stack of separate tools alone, before vCISO services. Actual costs vary by company.
- Teams can keep existing tools and connect them, or consolidate into Arq's native tools at renewal.

## Results customers report
- One customer reduced RFP response times from 30 days to 24 hours.
- In one recorded run, Arq's RFP agent answered all 164 questions of a security questionnaire in 33 minutes.

## Who it is for
Startups, SaaS companies, SMBs, mid-market companies and enterprises.
- For startups and small businesses, Arq provides an affordable, centralized way to establish and operate a cybersecurity program without assembling an expensive security team and multiple security vendors.
- For mid-market and enterprise organizations, Arq serves as an intelligent security layer over existing tools, transforming disconnected security findings into prioritized decisions and actionable remediation.

## Getting started
Teams start with a 15-day proof of concept on their real work, usually security questionnaires, compliance evidence or finding prioritization, then expand. Every customer gets Arq Day One: white-glove onboarding by security experts, supported by vCISOs.

## Links
- [Arq website](https://arqanum.ai/)
- [Trust Center](https://app.arqanum.net/trust/arqanum)
- [Privacy Policy](https://arqanum.ai/#privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://arqanum.ai/#terms-of-service)
- [Blog](https://arqanum.ai/blog/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/askarq)
- [X](https://x.com/AskArq_x)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/arq-72b8)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ask_arq/)
- Contact: Hello@Arqanum.ai