Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) are moving penetration testing offerings in-house: In 2022, one in three MSSPs worked with a partner to offer Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), according to an annual CyberRisk Alliance report. In the most recent MSSP Alert survey, only one in four partnered for PTaaS.
This isn’t surprising as traditional penetration testing and standard PTaaS models continue to fall short, with their inefficiencies unable to meet the demand of today’s evolving attack surface and growing cybersecurity threats facing organizations at large. A lack of tester diversity, scalability, test coverage visibility and full test control, to name a few, can set an organization back. Instead, a solution that improves both efficiency and efficacy is needed.
At Synack, we’re launching our PTaaS offering for MSSPs to enable their clients to fix vulnerabilities with dramatically less effort than legacy reports. Synack’s innovative, subscription-based solution enables MSSPs to provide their customers with continuous, comprehensive and human-led security testing, enhancing their overall security posture.
– Forbes contributor Emil Sayegh
Synack’s platform-based Managed PTaaS enables a level of scale that is unreachable with traditional point-in-time pentesting models. In the 12 years since its founding, Synack has performed 9.4 million hours of testing and reported over 83,000 exploitable vulnerabilities. Traditional testers maintain a two to four-month lead time to schedule a pentest; with attack surface management (ASM) integrations and AI-powered scoping, Synack testing is launched on-demand.
MSSP Alert research has shown that 67% of MSSPs recognize how crucial PTaaS is to their own client base, but it’s not clear how often end-user enterprises are actually adopting this vital service. Synack Managed PTaaS is designed to help MSSPs better serve customers (and increase recurring revenue streams) by showing what best-in-class PTaaS—not automated scanning or noisy .pdf reports—really means.
Why Synack Managed PTaaS?
Organizations today face an increasingly complex threat landscape, with new vulnerabilities emerging at an unprecedented rate. Synack Managed PTaaS addresses this challenge by providing MSSPs with a scalable, efficient, and comprehensive solution that enables them to proactively identify and remediate vulnerabilities, helping customers stay ahead of the curve.
Key Features and Benefits
- Scalable and Efficient: Synack Managed PTaaS leverages AI-enabled scoping to efficiently launch and manage penetration tests based on quantified risk data and compliance requirements. This allows MSSPs to scale their testing capabilities and effectively serve organizations of all sizes.
- Comprehensive Coverage: The platform supports testing of a wide range of assets, including host, web, AI/LLM, API and mobile, ensuring that all potential vulnerabilities are identified and addressed.
- Seamless Integration: Synack Managed PTaaS integrates with leading ticketing, vulnerability management, ASM, and reporting solutions, streamlining workflows and improving remediation efficiency.
- Actionable Insights: Synack-discovered vulnerabilities are incorporated into existing MSSP processes, tools and dashboards, providing actionable insights and enabling rapid remediation.
Synack Managed PTaaS provides MSSPs with a powerful tool to enhance their customers’ security posture. On average, Synack discovers 74% more critical vulnerabilities than automated solutions and Synack clients fix vulnerabilities 66% faster after 1 year of using the platform. With its innovative features, comprehensive coverage, and proven track record, Synack Managed PTaaS is poised to become the go-to solution for MSSPs looking to deliver best-in-class security testing services. If you’re interested in learning more, please contact us for a demo.
