Distributed Defense: How Governments Deploy Hacker-Powered Security

Government voices are supporting hacker-powered security for their agencies and related organizations

Published July 2018

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he U.S. Department of Defense runs an ongoing Vulnerability Disclosure Program through HackerOne Response. The Pentagon, The U.S. Army, and The U.S. Air Force have collectively paid hackers over $400K for their efforts in securing mission-critical assets with a collection of HackerOne Challenges.

The European Commission recently selected HackerOne as the platform for their first ever bug bounty program with a HackerOne Challenge on the VLC software.

The U.S. General Service Administration’s Technology Transformation Service (TTS, aka 18F) launched the first bug bounty program run by a civilian federal agency with HackerOne Bounty.

Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) ran an immensely successful HackerOne Challenge

Download this case study to see how government organizations like EU Commission, Singapore MINDEF, The Pentagon, and more are reaping the benefits of hacker-powered security.