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vulnerability
Security teams keep finding critical flaws after scheduled testing ends

Enterprise environments change between scheduled security assessments, leaving organizations with periods where new vulnerabilities can go undetected. Synack’s State of …

downtime
AI shrinks vulnerability exploitation window to hours

Time has become organizations’ biggest vulnerability because the gap between vulnerability discovery and exploitation has narrowed to hours, according to Synack’s 2026 State …

Infosec products of the month
Infosec products of the month: November 2025

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: 1touch.io, Action1, Barracuda Networks, Bedrock Data, Bitdefender, Cyware, …

Infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: November 21, 2025

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bedrock Data, Immersive, Kentik, Minimus, and Synack. Kentik AI Advisor brings …

Help Net Security
Synack unveils Sara Pentest to accelerate scalable AI-driven penetration testing

Synack has announced Sara Pentest, a new agentic AI product built on the Synack Autonomous Red Agent (Sara) architecture. Sara Pentest performs penetration testing on hosts …

Infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: August 2, 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from: Adaptive Shield, Fortanix, Clutch Security, Nucleus Security, Wing Security and …

HNS
Synack PTaaS platform offers complete security testing suite

Synack has unveiled additional capabilities of its Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) platform that deliver a comprehensive security testing experience. The Synack …

security platform
Synack’s API pentesting capability empowers users to verify exploitable API vulnerabilities

Synack launched an API pentesting capability powered by its global community of elite security researchers. Organizations can now rely on the Synack platform for continuous …

shield
What are the most hack-resistant industries?

Government and financial service sectors globally are the most hack-resistant industries in 2020, according to Synack. Government and financial services scored 15 percent and …

Synack raises $52M to transform security testing through its crowdsourced platform

Synack announced that it raised $52 million in Series D funding to transform security testing through its crowdsourced platform powered by the world’s most skilled ethical …

tools
The rise of continuous crowdsourced security testing for compliance

A large percentage of organizations and institutions are moving toward a rigorous, continuous testing model to ensure compliance, a Synack report reveals. As part of this …

Synack launches a new crowdsourced penetration test designed specifically for government

Synack, the most trusted leader in crowdsourced penetration testing, announces the availability of the market’s first comprehensive crowdsourced penetration test designed …

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