Synack to Present on AI Pentesting and Human Validation at BrightTALK Summit
Tim Nordvedt will explore how agentic AI is changing offensive security and why human validation remains critical to
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Synack, the AI + human penetration testing platform for continuous security validation, today announced that Tim Nordvedt, Senior Manager of Synack’s North America Solutions Architecture team, will present at BrightTALK’s Enterprise AI Security and Governance Summit 2026 on September 1 at 10 a.m. ET, as part of the summit’s AI Security Operations and Threat Intelligence track.
Nordvedt’s session, “The New AI-Enabled Offense Against Machine-Speed Adversaries,” will examine how frontier AI models are changing the offensive security landscape by compressing the window between vulnerability and exploit. He’ll walk through how that shift is putting new pressure on security teams already stretched thin, and offer a framework attendees can use to evaluate AI pentesting solutions and distinguish agentic capabilities from traditional security automation.
The session builds on Synack and Omdia research showing that only 32% of the average enterprise attack surface is tested each year, leaving a 68% coverage gap. At the same time, 64% of security leaders prefer agent-led pentesting with human oversight, underscoring the need to combine AI-driven scale with human validation. Nordvedt will connect that research to the practical challenge security leaders are facing this year: As AI tools generate more findings faster, how do teams know which ones actually matter.
“We’re delighted to welcome Synack as a Platinum Sponsor of the Enterprise AI Security and Governance Summit, taking place virtually on September 1–2,” said Stuart Wilson, Summits Team Lead at Informa TechTarget. “BrightTALK Summits are free virtual events that attract thousands of professionals seeking expert insights and original content on today’s most important topics. The summit will bring together industry experts and innovators to help organizations navigate emerging AI security risks, strengthen governance and make more informed strategic decisions.”
“AI can find more, faster. But proving what is real, exploitable and worth fixing still requires human judgment,” said Mark Kuhr, co-founder and CTO of Synack. “That’s why the future of AI pentesting isn’t AI versus humans. Agentic AI gives us speed and scale. Humans prove what matters.”
Synack’s approach combines Sara AI Pentesting, powered by agentic AI, with the Synack Red Team (SRT), a community of more than 1,500 vetted security researchers. Sara autonomously discovers, reasons through and tests for vulnerabilities at machine speed, while the SRT validate real-world exploitability, identify chained attack paths and apply the creativity and judgment AI cannot yet replicate.
Register for Tim Nordvedt’s session, “The New AI-Enabled Offense Against Machine-Speed Adversaries,” or view the full BrightTALK Enterprise AI Security & Governance Summit agenda.
About Synack
Synack is the AI + human penetration testing platform for continuous security validation. Sara AI Pentesting combines agentic AI with the Synack Red Team, a rigorously vetted global community of security researchers, to expand testing coverage and prove real-world exploitability. The Synack Platform gives organizations control and visibility across testing activity, validated findings and remediation status. Synack supports point-in-time and continuous penetration testing across web applications, APIs, mobile applications, cloud and host infrastructure, internal environments and AI or LLM systems. Founded by former NSA operatives, Synack has enabled nearly 10 million hours of security testing to protect critical assets across enterprise, public-sector and highly regulated environments. Learn more at synack.com and on LinkedIn.
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