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Trusted Access, Human Validation, and the Future of AI Pentesting
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Trusted Access, Human Validation, and the Future of AI Pentesting

AI is changing the economics of offensive security. Models can now accelerate vulnerability discovery, reason about attack paths, draft exploit logic, and speed up remediation guidance. For defenders, that is a meaningful step forward. It is also the hard part. The capabilities that help defenders move faster also help attackers because cyber AI is dual-use […]

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Mark Kuhr
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What the New AI Executive Order Means for Federal Security Testing Public Sector

What the New AI Executive Order Means for Federal Security Testing

On June 2, the White House signed a new executive order (EO), “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security.” While most coverage has focused on the voluntary framework for frontier model access, there’s language around defensive cybersecurity that also deserves attention from security leaders.The order directs CISA to establish or expand federal programs and cybersecurity […]

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Mark Kuhr
Mark Kuhr
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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
4 min read
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
5 min read
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
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