Synack Unveils Active Offense Agentic AI Solution to Validate Exploitable Vulnerabilities

Sara Triage brings autonomous vulnerability analysis to Synack's Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) platform

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --  Synack, a leader in offensive security innovation, today announced the launch of Active Offense powered by the Sara (Synack Autonomous Red Agent) AI architecture. Active Offense, now integrated into the Synack PTaaS platform, leverages autonomous validation to help organizations quickly identify exploitable vulnerabilities that represent real risk.

Security teams are increasingly overwhelmed by high volumes of vulnerability data, even as industry research shows most breaches exploit known software flaws. Active Offense autonomously validates scanner output, identifying which vulnerabilities pose exploitable threats in real-world conditions and sending that signal to the teams that need it.

"As attackers use agentic AI tools to rapidly identify and automatically exploit vulnerabilities, defenders need their own AI to keep up at machine speed," said Synack CTO and co-founder Mark Kuhr. "Active Offense levels the playing field for security teams fighting the next generation of threats by delivering autonomous offensive security at scale."

Active Offense brings together the Synack PTaaS Platform, Attack Surface Discovery and Sara Triage—its AI-driven component that delivers proof-based validation—to rapidly confirm exploitable risk. Its scalable, human-in-the-loop model escalates targeted vulnerabilities to the Synack Red Team, a global community of 1,500+ elite security researchers, for expert review. This approach enables security teams to easily go from visibility and analysis to corrective action, all in one platform.

Caption: Sara Triage Dashboard from the Synack Platform

"With Active Offense, security teams receive daily prioritized reports helping them shift the focus from 'what might be exploitable?' to 'what is exploitable and needs action now?'" said Jeff Barker, Synack SVP for product management. "It adds a smarter, goal-driven analyst that increases coverage, accelerates remediation and measurably reduces risk."

Key Active Offense benefits include:

• Continuous attack surface visibility: Self-service and always-on discovery and analysis ensure an accurate view of even the most dynamic attack surfaces.
• Reduced analyst workload and increased efficiency: World-class Synack validation and prioritization of vulnerabilities eliminates the need for redundant review and allows teams to focus on real, exploitable threats.
• Accelerated remediation of critical risks: Continuous exploitability assessment surfaces critical vulnerabilities, delivering high-confidence, verified findings
• Enhanced value from existing vulnerability detection: Enriched scanner output with real-world exploit intelligence, asset context, and threat data improves prioritization without requiring new tools or disrupting workflows.
• Seamlessly integrated with Synack's PTaaS platform: Scalable human-in-the-loop analysis proactively eliminates noise, validates threats and reduces risk.

To learn how Active Offense can help organizations stay ahead of emerging threats by speeding up vulnerability detection and remediation, visit synack.com/platform/active-offense/.

About Synack 
Synack is the leader in human-led and AI-powered Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), transforming offensive security to help organizations proactively reduce risk, stay compliant and defend against evolving cyber threats. We are committed to making the world more secure by harnessing agentic AI innovations and a talented, vetted community of security researchers to deliver continuous penetration testing and autonomous vulnerability management. Founded by former NSA operatives, Synack has enabled nearly 10 million hours of expert testing to protect critical assets, from global financial systems to U.S. Defense Department networks. Learn more at www.synack.com.

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