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Defense Department Unveils Two New Cybersecurity Initiatives

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016

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Defense Department Unveils Two New Cybersecurity Initiatives

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…

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