
The Department of Homeland Security last Thursday issued a Request for Information and a draft performance work statement outlining its plans to implement a bug bounty program that will allow vetted researchers to probe its networks for cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The “Hack DHS” program, modeled after a similar effort instituted by the Defense Department, was launched as a permanent program following a successful pilot evaluation. DHS also points out that bug bounty programs are widely used in the private sector as…