Synack, started by two former National Security Agency agents, uses software security tools along with a network of highly skilled ethical hackers to help keep its clients' networks secure. Disruptor50
Funding: $60 millionKey technologies: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, software-defined securityThis cybersecurity company, started by two former National Security Agency agents, uses software security tools along with a network of highly skilled ethical hackers — so-called white-hat hackers — to help keep its clients' networks secure. Synack founders Jay Kaplan, CEO, and Mark Kuhr, CTO, specialized in counterterrorism at the NSA before starting Synack in 2013.
Earlier this year, the company worked with the U.S. Air Force to evaluate vulnerabilities in its IT systems for maintaining its weapons technology. Over a month, Synack's Red Team members spent more than 1,700 hours hacking the system and discovered 12 critical vulnerabilities that the Air Force is now correcting. It also works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the IRS.
The company has raised a little more than $60 million from Greylock Partners, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Kleiner Perkins. With enterprise customers desperate for security solutions that work, Synack is clearly in a growing market and counts companies in banking, consumer goods and food service among its customers.
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