On June 1, 2026, Infinity8 Labs officially launched.
Which sounds a lot more polished than what actually happened.
In reality, it involved two cybersecurity professionals repeatedly refreshing DNS records, checking the website from every device we owned, and asking each other, "Can you see it yet?"
Fortunately, the internet cooperated. The website came online. Nobody accidentally took production down.
We considered that a successful first day. But the truth is, Infinity8 Labs didn't start on June 1st.
It started years earlier.
It started after countless conversations with organizations that genuinely wanted to improve their security but didn't know where to begin. It started after seeing small and medium-sized businesses become targets of increasingly sophisticated attacks without having the same resources, budgets, or security teams as large enterprises.
Most importantly, it started after years of working for companies where we often found ourselves saying:
"There has to be a better way to do this."
Sometimes that meant rushed engagements. Sometimes it meant reports that checked compliance boxes but didn't actually help the customer. Sometimes it meant treating clients like project numbers instead of long-term partners.
We knew we wanted to build something different. Not another cybersecurity company.
The cybersecurity company we wished existed.
Small Businesses Deserve Enterprise-Level Thinking
One thing has always bothered us.
The organizations with the smallest security teams are often expected to defend themselves against the same attackers targeting billion-dollar companies.
Attackers don't send an email asking how many people work in your IT department before launching ransomware.
They don't care if you're a Fortune 100 company or a 100-person manufacturer. If they find an opportunity, they'll take it.
Yet many small and medium-sized businesses are expected to defend themselves with limited budgets, limited staff, and limited time.
We believe they deserve access to the same quality of offensive security expertise that larger organizations have relied on for years.
Not because they're enterprise companies. Because they're just as worthy of protecting.
We Think Cybersecurity Has a Reporting Problem
We've read enough penetration test reports over the years to notice a pattern.
Page 1. Executive Summary.
Page 42. Critical Findings.
Page 117. Recommendations.
Page 118. The report quietly retires into a folder named "Final_v3_Updated_FINAL.pdf."
Sound familiar?
The problem isn't that organizations don't care.
The problem is that too many reports explain what is wrong without explaining why it matters or how to fix it.
A vulnerability without context is just information. A vulnerability connected to an attack path becomes intelligence.Infinity8 Labs
That's the difference.
When we deliver an assessment, our goal isn't simply to hand you a report. Our goal is to help you understand how an attacker thinks, what they would do next, what matters most, and how to meaningfully reduce risk.
Because if a report doesn't change decisions, it probably isn't changing security.
AI Changed the Rules. We're Choosing to Lean into It.
Artificial intelligence is changing cybersecurity faster than anything we've seen in years.
Organizations are building AI-powered products, integrating copilots, automating workflows, vibe coding, and creating entirely new ways of doing business.
That's exciting. It's also introducing attack surfaces that didn't exist just a few years ago.
Prompt injection. Data leakage. Model manipulation. Agent exploitation. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) abuse.
The good news? The industry is learning quickly.
So are attackers.
That's one of the reasons AI security testing became a core part of Infinity8 Labs from day one.
Helping organizations innovate safely shouldn't be optional.
It should be part of the design process.
Why "Infinity8"?
People occasionally ask where the name came from. There are two answers.
The practical one is that the infinity symbol represents continuous learning, adaptation, and improvement. That's exactly how we view cybersecurity.
Threats evolve.
Technology evolves.
Attackers evolve.
So should defenders.
The less practical answer? Eight has always been both of our favorite numbers. Sometimes branding meetings really are that simple.
What You'll Never Hear Us Say
We won't tell you we're "best in class."
We won't call ourselves "revolutionary."
We won't tell you we have a "military-grade, AI-powered, next-generation cybersecurity platform."
We won’t insult Mythos or related modeling.
We're people.
We work hard.
We care deeply about our clients.
We obsess over quality.
We stay current because attackers don't take vacations—and unfortunately, neither does innovation.
We believe every engagement should leave an organization measurably stronger than when we started.
We believe executive reporting deserves just as much attention as technical findings.
We believe security leaders deserve someone who can speak business just as fluently as they speak "geek."
Most of all, we believe relationships matter more than transactions.
What Success Looks Like
Our goal has never been to deliver the longest report. Or the most findings. Or the biggest spreadsheet.
Success is hearing things like:
- "Now we actually understand how someone would attack us."
- "Now we know what to prioritize due to demonstrated risk."
- "Now our executive team understands why this matters."
- "Now we're more confident than we were before."
If we hear those things, we've done our job.
Looking Beyond Our Business
Infinity8 Labs isn't just about helping organizations improve their security today.
We also want to contribute to the future of cybersecurity.
That means mentoring the next generation of professionals. Supporting scholarships and educational opportunities.
Sharing what we've learned.
Giving back to a community that has given both of us incredible careers. The cybersecurity skills shortage isn't going away anytime soon.
If we want a stronger industry tomorrow, we all have to help build it.
Attackers don't care that your penetration test "passed."
They're much more interested in everything that changed after it.
Security isn't a finish line.
It's a moving target.
Final Thought
When we started Infinity8 Labs, we made ourselves a simple promise:
If a client trusts us enough to invite us into their environment, we'll care about protecting it as if it were our own.
That means telling the truth—even when it's uncomfortable. It means explaining why something matters, not just what we found. It means leaving every organization more knowledgeable, more prepared, and more confident than when we first met.
Cybersecurity doesn't need more fear.
It needs more clarity. It needs more partners who are willing to teach, collaborate, and genuinely care about the outcome.
That's the company we're building.
And if this journal entry made you think a little differently about what offensive security should look like, then it accomplished exactly what we hoped.
— Tiffany & Kevin, Co-Founders, Infinity8 Labs