Effective cybersecurity for organizations and web applications requires a combination of bug bounty programs and automated security scanning to address vulnerabilities. Bug bounty programs engage ethical hackers to identify and report security issues in exchange for rewards, while automated scanners like Detectify perform regular wide-scale sweeps to uncover common vulnerabilities. These methods complement each other by leveraging crowdsourced knowledge and advanced research findings to enhance security coverage. Automated scanners can identify common vulnerabilities, allowing bug bounty hunters to focus on more complex issues. Continuous coverage is achieved by combining both strategies, with automated scans providing regular audits and bug bounty programs offering targeted insights. The collaboration also fosters security awareness within organizations, educating security and development teams on vulnerability detection and prevention. Detectify enhances bug bounty efforts by incorporating validated vulnerabilities into its scanning tool, updating it bi-weekly, and allowing users to adjust scanning scopes to target specific areas and share findings with developers to facilitate remediation.