Organizations without vulnerability disclosure policies are failing to address researchers’ security warnings. The need for modern, proactive security has never been more important. A simple yet proven method to protect against cyber threats is to invite ethical hackers in. Ethical hacker communities help to keep companies’ data safe from cybercrime.
Bug bounty programs present businesses with an opportunity to work with independent security researchers (also known as ethical or white hat hackers) to report bugs. Most security researchers choose to report vulnerabilities through a crowdsourced security/bug bounty platform, like Intigriti. This is because a crowdsourced security platform provides the best infrastructure for security researchers to engage and communicate with companies in a structured, safe, and reliable way.
By continuously working with ethical hackers through a bug bounty program, organisations become aware of and fix their vulnerabilities. Not only does this improve the strength of their cybersecurity posture, but it empowers them to outmanoeuvre cybercriminals.
However, starting with a bug bounty program often begins with questions. In this eBook, we’ll attempt to provide greater clarity on bug bounty programs, ethical hackers, where to host a program, and more.
