Why Synack for Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Management | Synack
Why Synack
Revolutionizing Penetration Testing with AI and Human Expertise
The Synack PTaaS Platform modernizes penetration testing and vulnerability management by integrating Sara Agentic AI’s autonomous testing and validation with the expert human analysis of the Synack Red Team (SRT). Synack delivers superior outcomes that scale to meet your needs whether it is for compliance or reducing risk.
FOUNDATIONAL DIFFERENCE
Learn what sets Synack’s pentesting approach apart
Synack Platform
Synack’s PTaaS platform leverages AI to revolutionize penetration testing. It integrates attack surface discovery and analytics, AI-powered and human-led vulnerability discovery, vulnerability management, and reporting. This enables on-demand, periodic, and continuous testing to meet your pentesting goals. All historic testing data is stored in one place and shows improvements in security over time.
Sara Agentic AI
Integrated with our PTaaS Platform, the Sara agentic AI architecture offers autonomous scoping, vulnerability triage, and pentesting. Sara leverages over 13 years of Synack’s pentesting innovation to effectively identify, validate, and prioritize risks, focusing on actionable results. This provides a seamless path to human validation from the Synack Red Team (SRT).
Synack Red Team (SRT)
The Synack Red Team (SRT) is comprised of over 1,500+ highly skilled and vetted security researchers worldwide. These experts possess decades of combined pentesting experience and are integrated with the Synack Platform. This powerful combination allows SRT researchers to analyze complex exploit chains, uncover business logic flaws, and identify subtle vulnerabilities that automation often overlooks.
Is your compliance pentest just checking a box?
Consider a pentest engagement available on-demand, bypassing the typical scheduling lead times. This is crucial when you don’t have 90 days to wait, when facing an audit deadline or infrastructure changes necessitate a pentest. Additionally, retests to confirm successful remediation are included and can also be performed on-demand, further supporting ongoing compliance. Ultimately, this approach ensures that pentesting not only checks compliance boxes but also delivers tangible risk reduction and improves an organization’s overall security posture.
Adversaries are using AI, are you?
Attackers are now deploying AI agents—autonomous software designed to act strategically—to find and exploit vulnerabilities at machine speed. Synack helps you fight back. Sara, our Autonomous Red Agent, mirrors the adversary’s techniques, giving you a crucial advantage by continuously performing high-speed triage and vulnerability discovery. Human security experts validate all exploitable vulnerabilities, eliminating false positives and ensuring you only focus on verified, exploitable risks.
Don’t miss vulnerabilities that matter
Synack ensures you find the vulnerabilities that matter most by focusing on confirmed, exploitable vulnerabilities. The Synack Red Team consistently uncovers vulnerabilities often missed by automated tools, including Business Logic Flaws and Broken Access Control. Meanwhile, Sara can test previously unmanaged assets, preventing lateral movement and eliminating blind spots. This high-signal approach provides clear, actionable intelligence.
How Synack stacks up
| Feature | Synack PTaaS | PTaaS | Traditional Testing | Automated Testing | Bug Bounty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metrics that demonstrate security progress over time | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| On-demand reports for compliance requirements | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Dedicated Customer Success and Operations teams | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Diverse perspectives from global security pros | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Incentive-driven testing where researchers are paid per finding | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Integrations to consume findings in other platforms (Jira, ServiceNow, etc.) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Dedicated triage team for noise reduction | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Centralized SaaS platform for testing across a distributed enterprise | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Managed researcher payouts and predictable cost | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Traditional, point-in-time pentests are no longer viable in our agile delivery approach. Continuous pentest programs like the one from Synack are the only way to securely deliver customer value at the pace we want. ANTON GÖBEL – INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER, ALLIANZ DIRECT
We particularly liked being able to interact with researchers on our schedule when we had questions. With a regular pentest, we would have lost access to the testers when the test was over. SAL DAZZO – DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, VARO BANK
The service is exceptional; we’re seeing vulnerabilities…It’s fast, it’s effective, and proves its worth internally MARK WALMSLEY – CISO/MANAGING DIRECTOR, FRESHFIELDS