Company
Date Published
Author
Bugcrowd Product Marketing
Word count
770
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have released guidance on the importance of vulnerability disclosure programs (VDPs), which provide a secure channel for researchers to report security issues and vulnerabilities, with major companies like Walmart and Office Depot already adopting this practice. A VDP offers a framework for intake, triage, and workflows for remediation, allowing researchers to report potential security risks in a formalized and consistent way, while also providing a notification mechanism for the reporter. However, managing these incoming reports can be challenging at scale, requiring organizations to designate a key stakeholder or team to provide management, technical review, and escalation of valid vulnerability submissions. This is where VDPs like Bugcrowd's Crowdcontrol come in, which facilitate hundreds of managed programs, vetting vulnerabilities according to objective rating standards, and allowing security teams to focus on reducing risk by remediating identified vulnerabilities.