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U.S. Department of Defense’s Customer Story

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), in a first for the federal government , invited white hat hackers to find security flaws in systems run by the Pentagon, Air Force and Army. What they learned helped the DoD bolster their cyber defenses and prove the benefits of hacker-powered security to a wide range of government agencies, and organizations like yours!

In April 2016, the DoD took a bold step: they launched the first bug bounty program in the history of the Federal Government. It was just a month-long
program, but it was the start of a flurry of activity from other government agencies who not only launched more hacker-powered security programs, but published guidance on how to leverage this powerful tool in the fight against cyber attacks.

Today, agencies as diverse as the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Air Force are recommending hackerpowered security or using it internally to improve their own security. And, they’re all serving as models for how any organization, public or private, can use hackers to make their systems, networks, hardware, and software more secure.

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U.S. Department of Defense’s Customer Story
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Publisher:HackerOne
Published:August 19, 2019
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