The IRS awarded Synack Government a $2 million contract to provide penetration testing by ethical hackers or researchers with no knowledge of IRS systems. Synacks Red Team, a network of white hat security researchers located around the world, work from an adversarial perspective to uncover hidden vulnerabilities in our customers systems, like websites, applications, networks and more. The IRS decision to use this ethical hacker approach comes after it has faced a host of cyber challenges. The IRS spent more than $197 million on cybersecurity services and tools in 2015.”]