Synack

Synack, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustrySecurity
Founded2013 in California
FoundersJay Kaplan, Mark Kuhr
Headquarters,
Key people
Jay Kaplan (CEO)
ProductsSecurity assessment
Number of employees
250 (2020)
Websitesynack.com

Synack is an American technology company based in Redwood City, California, United States.[1][2][3] The company uses a crowdsourced network of white-hat hackers to find exploitable vulnerabilities and a SaaS platform enabled by AI and machine learning to identify these vulnerabilities.[4][5] Customers include government agencies and businesses in retail, healthcare, and the manufacturing industry.[6][7]

  1. ^ Vinton, Kate (February 19, 2015). "Synack Raises $25 Million In Series B Funding To Crowdsource Security Globally". Forbes. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Kirk, Jeremy (October 21, 2015). "Synack builds intel platform for its penetration testers". PCWorld. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Lev-Ram, Michal (April 24, 2014). "For crowdsourced security startup, a carrot and a hack". Fortune. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
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  5. ^ Kuchler, Hannah (April 11, 2017). "Hacker-for-hire company Synack raises $21m". Financial Times. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  6. ^ Staff (15 May 2019). "Synack 2019 Disruptor 50". CNBC.
  7. ^ "Synack's $52 Million Investment Fuels Future of Remote Security Testing from World's Elite Hackers". Businesswire. 28 May 2020.