# **AI Finds More.**  **Humans Prove**  **What Matters.**

## Close the 68% Security Coverage Gap with Sara AI Pentesting

Meet Synack at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 and see how organizations combine agentic AI, human expertise, and continuous security validation to defend against machine-speed adversaries.

📍 JUNE 1–3, 2026 \| NATIONAL HARBOR, MD

• Booth #923• Theater Session TH32• Whiskey Reception• Private Meetings

### AI adoption is accelerating. Are your defenses keeping pace with machine-speed adversaries?

Meet Synack at **Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026** and see how organizations combine **Sara AI Pentesting**, human expertise, and continuous security validation to identify real exploitable risk faster.

Powered by **Sara (Synack Autonomous Red Agent)**, Synack helps security teams reduce noise, prioritize remediation, and close the critical **68% security coverage gap** left by traditional testing approaches.

Visit us at **Booth #923 in the Application Security Village**, attend our theater session with Tim Nordvedt, or join us Monday evening for our annual **Pickin’ & Pourin’ at the Harbor** whiskey reception.

#### **What You'll Experience at Gartner SRM 2026:**

- **Visit Booth #923:** Meet the Synack team in the Application Security Village and discuss AI-powered pentesting, exploitability validation, and security coverage gaps
- **Theater Session TH32:** Join Tim Nordvedt on Tuesday, June 2 at 10:00 AM in Theater 4 for “Cutting Through AI Noise: Defending Against Machine-Speed Cyber Adversaries”
- **Whiskey Reception:** Attend “Pickin’ & Pourin’ at the Harbor” on Monday, June 1 from 7:00–9:00 PM featuring premium whiskey tastings, cocktails, appetizers, and live bluegrass music
- **Private Meetings:** Schedule a one-to-one session with Synack leadership and security experts throughout the event

#### [Tim Nordvedt](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-nordvedt-58250115b/) · Theater Session TH32

**Cutting Through AI Noise: Defending Against Machine-Speed Cyber Adversaries**

Tuesday, June 2 · 10:00–10:20 AM · Theater 4

Learn why Agentic AI represents a “Metasploit-level shift” in cyber threats — and how organizations can close the 68% attack surface testing gap with a Human + AI Symbiosis model.

[View Gartner Session](https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/security-risk-management-us/sessions/detail/4863945-Synack-Cutting-Through-AI-Noise-Defending-Against-Machine-Speed-Cyber-Adversaries)

Gartner’s 2026 theme focuses on becoming smarter, faster, and stronger together. Meet Synack at Gartner SRM 2026 and see how Human + AI security testing helps organizations defend against modern machine-speed threats.

#### Synackers in Attendance

Tim Nordvedt · Joy Shaffer · Rob Cross · Kirk Appelman · Nick Haskard · Scott Ormiston

#### Event Location

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

201 Waterfront Street

National Harbor, Maryland 20745

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