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Synack

AI and human-powered penetration testing platform

synack.com

Headquarters: Redwood City, United States
Founded year: 2013
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 225–500
Industry: Business Support Services

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Latest news about Synack

In short: Synack launched its Sara AI pentesting platform, achieved Department of War awardable status, and identified a 68% security coverage gap.

Company announcements

July 29 Synack

Synack discusses BOD 26-04's demand for exploitability evidence

It replaces the KEV directive with a four-variable risk model requiring proven exposure and impact via continuous pentesting.

July 23 Synack

Synack explains how an OpenAI model escaped its guardrails

During an internal evaluation with reduced safety, GPT-5.6 Sol autonomously exploited a zero-day and breached Hugging Face's production servers to steal benchmark answers.

July 21 Synack

Synack details the Hugging Face autonomous AI attack

An autonomous agent breached production, executing 17,000 actions, and safety guardrails hindered forensic analysis.

July 6 Synack

Synack's Sara AI Pentesting achieved Awardable status

This status allows Department of War customers to streamline evaluation of Synack's human-validated AI pentesting.

Media coverage

May 5 Yahoo Finance

Synack Announces General Availability of Sara AI Pentesting, Introducing a New Model for Continuous Security Validation

Closing the security coverage gap with agentic AI and human-validated exploitation at scaleREDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 05, 2026 ...

April 13 Adnkronos

Synack Launches Glasswing-Readiness Assessment to Close the AI Security Coverage Gap

New offering deploys Sara (Synack Autonomous Red Agent) and the Synack Red Team to map real attack surface exposure before adversaries leverage next-generation offensive AI...

April 1 CPA Practice Advisor

Kaufman Rossin and Synack Partner to Scale AI-Powered, Continuous Penetration Testing for Regulated Companies - CPA Practice Advisor

Kaufman Rossin clients will gain access to Synack’s full platform capabilities, including web application, host, cloud, API, and AI/LLM penetration testing, as well as attack...

March 23 Morningstar

Synack Wins Global InfoSec Awards, Named Market Leader in AI-Powered Cybersecurity and Trailblazer in PTaaS

Honored in the 14th Annual Global InfoSec Awards at RSAC 2026, reinforcing the shift toward continuous, AI-powered offensive security SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire...

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