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DHS Requesting Proposals For Permanent Bug Bounty Program

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 10th, 2022

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DHS Requesting Proposals For Permanent Bug Bounty Program

The Department of Homeland Security last Thursday issued a final solicitation for its new program aimed at allowing vetted security researchers to hack the department’s networks and information systems to help find and close cybersecurity gaps. The solicitation follows a decision last December by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to make the bug bounty program permanent after the department conducted a successful pilot evaluation that began in 2018. The program is modeled on one done at the Department of Defense.…

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