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How Accenture Turned Penetration Testing Into a Force Multiplier for Security
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How Accenture Turned Penetration Testing Into a Force Multiplier for Security

At Accenture’s scale, training alone cannot solve every security problem. That was the reality facing Kris Burkhardt, Global CISO at Accenture. With a workforce of more than 800,000 people, close to 80,000 new hires each year, and a sprawling global attack surface, traditional penetration testing was no longer enough. A once-a-year compliance audit may check […]

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Paul Mote
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AI Can’t Fix What It Can’t Trust: Why Continuous Security Validation Matters Agentic AI

AI Can’t Fix What It Can’t Trust: Why Continuous Security Validation Matters

Continuous Security Validation (CSV) is an ongoing offensive-security approach that pairs AI-powered testing with human expertise to continuously identify, validate, and prioritize real-world exploitable risk — so teams can trust which findings are safe for AI-driven remediation to act on. AI has made it easier than ever to generate vulnerability findings. But with the deluge […]

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Angela Heindl-Schober, CMO at Synack
Angela Heindl-Schober
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The 2026 State of Vulnerabilities Report: Industry Insights Agentic AI

The 2026 State of Vulnerabilities Report: Industry Insights

Key Takeaways Vulnerabilities Report Offers Key Industry Benchmarks How does your MTTR hold up against the industry average? And does your organization encounter more high/critical vulnerabilities than others in your industry? Those are just a few questions that our 2026 State of Vulnerabilities Report answers. The report analyzes more than 11,000 vulnerabilities surfaced through the […]

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Justine Salisbury
Justine Salisbury
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How CCPA Cybersecurity Audits Are Reshaping Cyber Governance Penetration Testing

How CCPA Cybersecurity Audits Are Reshaping Cyber Governance

Key Takeaways Why Continuous Security Validation Matters California’s evolving privacy regulations are doing more than adding another compliance requirement. They’re changing how organizations think about cybersecurity governance, accountability, and operational resilience. The latest guidance around cybersecurity audits under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) signals a broader shift happening across the industry. Security leaders are […]

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Angela Heindl-Schober, CMO at Synack
Angela Heindl-Schober
7 min read
Continuous Security Validation Is Replacing Periodic Penetration Testing Penetration Testing

Continuous Security Validation Is Replacing Periodic Penetration Testing

Key Takeaways Why Traditional Pentesting No Longer Matches Modern Attack Surfaces Over the past year, the conversation around offensive security has changed faster than most enterprise programs have been able to adapt. AI is compressing attacker timelines; cloud and SaaS environments change daily; identity systems, APIs, and infrastructure shift continuously, not quarterly. And still, most […]

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Angela Heindl-Schober, CMO at Synack
Angela Heindl-Schober
9 min read
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