
A program launched two years ago that allows security researchers to probe for cyber vulnerabilities in federal civilian agency networks has resulted in more than 1,300 valid disclosures, 85 percent of which have been remediated, any one of which could have cost the government about $4.4 million on average in response and recovery if it had been exploited, a Department of Homeland Security agency said last week. The Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) Platform, which grew out of a 2019 Binding…