In today's rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, organizations face significant challenges in staying ahead of emerging threats. To address these challenges, Bugcrowd has launched a comprehensive guide to working with hackers, which provides insights into leveraging the expertise of the security research community to augment security strategies. The guide explores hacker motivations and methodologies, including intrinsic factors such as tinkering and the greater good, and extrinsic motivators like fame and financial compensation. It also offers practical tips for creating compelling engagements that attract and retain top hacker talent, including establishing safe harbor, offering broad scope, enabling coordinated disclosure, and providing competitive rewards. The guide emphasizes the importance of building strong relationships with hackers through initiatives such as live hacking events and educational resources, ultimately helping organizations maximize their investment in crowdsourced security testing.