By Ashish Gupta Jun 8, 2020Black Lives Matter. Standing Together for Justice and Change. During these last few weeks my emotions have run the gamut from anger, to sheer disbelief, to anguish, to frustration and more recently hope. As the world continued to mourn George Floyd’s murder and the police continued to react to… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Apr 10, 2020A Time to Be Thankful and Safe Last weekend I finished re-reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens as it really helps reflect on the world we live in today: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Feb 21, 2019Bugcrowd Named one of World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company Bugcrowd was founded with the mission to make the digitally-connected world a safer place. We’ve upheld this responsibility, helping organizations around the world level the cybersecurity playing field against adversaries by tapping into the collective creativity of our Crowd. In… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Feb 14, 20195 Ways to ‘Outhack them all’ in Leadership We say “Outhack them all” a lot here at Bugcrowd. It’s part of our ethos – our way of thinking and being. Hacking is all about thinking differently to achieve greatness -- it’s something I find incredibly inspiring. Recently, I… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Jan 30, 2019IoT Security and Japan’s Bold Move to Improve Security IoT security is one of the greatest challenges we face today. Gartner predicts there will be 25 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices connecting the world by 2021. And yet, IoT has gone unregulated and largely unsecured to date. That,… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Jan 29, 2019Pentagon Security: Combating the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage The Defense Digital Service’s mission to “drive a giant leap forward in the way the Department of Defense builds and deploys technology and digital services” is something we can all get behind. As citizens we commend the work they have… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Dec 17, 2018From The Boardroom To The Scrum: Security Makes It Full Circle In 2018 It’s been another interesting year in security. Reflecting back, it’s clear that no one could have predicted everything that happened. And yet on the precipice of a new year we’ll all attempt to predict what will happen in the year… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Oct 24, 2018Department of Defense Selects Bugcrowd to ‘Hack the Pentagon’ We are thrilled to be part of the DoD’s security posture and announce that the Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Bugcrowd a contract to expand the DoD’s “Hack the Pentagon” Crowdsourced Digital Defense Program. The program, which includes expanded… Read More
By Ashish Gupta Sep 25, 2018Fighting Climate Change with Ice Stupas As we begin this fall season, with renewed enthusiasm and excitement, I reflect on my favorite examples of people who think differently to achieve greatness and feel inspired to think outside-of-the-box. In part 1 of my #outhackthemall series, I spoke about Jonny Moseley — profound Olympic freestyle skier who developed offbeat training methods that got him to the gold. This hacker mentality and approach resulted in some truly amazing achievements. I couldn’t help but think about Bugcrowd’s approach to cybersecurity, which marries the art and science of it all to Outhack Them AllTM. Let’s dive right into my next example. Read More
By Ashish Gupta Jul 6, 2018Jonny Moseley Outhacks Them All: First to Win Olympic Gold, Now to Inspire Olympic Hopefuls Merriam-Webster defines a “hacker” as “an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer”. It's important to clarify that there is a growing group of ethical hackers that work as digital locksmiths to help companies address security vulnerabilities every… Read More
