Ryan Rutan

Senior Director, Community (Synack Red Team)

Ryan Rutan is a technology leader and entrepreneur with experience spanning cybersecurity, startups, and go-to-market strategy. He focuses on helping organizations scale innovation, simplify complex technical challenges, and build modern approaches to growth, security, and operational resilience.

Recent research

What CREST Means for Your Next Synack Engagement

Penetration Testing

Apr 28, 2026

What CREST Means for Your Next Synack Engagement

CREST Helps Raise the Bar for the Researchers Behind Your Pentest When a cybersecurity company tells you its testers are vetted, what does that actually mean? Most of the time, it means the company ran its own screening, trusted its own judgment, and hoped you’d trust it too. That works, right up until the pentest […]

Validating AI Pentesting with Explicit Signals from Synack Red Team

When you hire an elite Red Team, you start with an implicit signal of their talent. You review their resumes, their standing within the research community, certifications with trusted vendors like OffSec and CREST. You assume they can navigate your specific tech stack and pivot through your environment. But in offensive security, assumptions are liabilities. […]

Ryan Rutan

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