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Vendor Toolkit

Synthetic Codex Research Lab regularly evaluates security and infrastructure tooling for use in applied research. This page outlines what vendors can expect, what information is most useful, and how tools are assessed in a structured, realistic way.

What Synthetic Codex evaluates

Tool evaluations focus on how well a product supports:

  • Understanding authorization and access-control behavior
  • Mapping and analyzing complex web and API workflows
  • Inspecting and replaying HTTP traffic safely and precisely
  • Documenting findings for internal analysis and responsible disclosure
Web & API security tooling Traffic proxies Observability & logs

Information that helps evaluation

To streamline evaluation, vendors are encouraged to provide:

  • Documentation links (user guides, architecture, best practices)
  • Licensing model and trial limitations
  • Supported platforms and deployment options
  • Security model for handling sensitive data (if applicable)

Why tools are evaluated

Synthetic Codex evaluates security tooling to ensure accurate analysis of authorization behavior, workflow integrity, and system reliability across web and API-driven platforms. Modern systems fail in nuanced ways, and high-quality tools support the lab’s manual-first methodology by improving visibility, accelerating investigation, and enabling precise documentation of findings.

Evaluations are performed ethically, within authorized environments, and only for the purpose of improving research workflows and system understanding.

How evaluations are conducted

  • Tools are tested in controlled, lab-owned environments first.
  • Capabilities are benchmarked against real-world-style workloads.
  • Focus is placed on signal quality, usability, and fit for methodology.
  • Feedback, if requested, can be shared privately with vendors.
Controlled environments Methodology fit Vendor-aligned feedback
Vendor contact

Vendors interested in having their tools evaluated as part of Synthetic Codex research workflows may contact:

Joseph Bulliner
Director of Applied Security Research
contact@syntheticcodex.com