
Following the success of the “Hack the Pentagon” bug bounty pilot project, the Department of Defense (DoD) unveiled two new initiatives on Monday to further improve department cybersecurity: the Digital Vulnerability Disclosure Policy and Hack the Army.Bug bounty programs allow registered hackers to identify perceived vulnerabilities in a network and submit a report. If the vulnerabilities are determined to be legitimate, the hackers are eligible for a financial bounty or payment.The first initiative is a new policy concerning the identification…