By Grant McCracken Apr 1, 2020The Silver Lining Unprecedented. Surreal. Wild. Dystopian. Unfathomable. Nobody saw this coming - where everyone is hunkering down with a pallet of toilet paper and crossing the street or taking some grand detour - all in an effort to avoid any human contact… Read More
By Grant McCracken Dec 10, 20192020 Vision: Cybersecurity Predictions for the Year and Beyond As we round out the final year of the decade and plunge headfirst into the 2020s, now is a good time to take a step back and reflect on the last year, as well as look forward at the potential… Read More
By Grant McCracken Aug 22, 2019The Problem with Limited Scope Attack surface has grown exponentially for many organizations, and with it, their susceptibility to weaknesses. To combat this reality, security teams utilizing crowdsourced security solutions have expanded their program scopes to include more and more of their ever-evolving assets. Notable… Read More
By Grant McCracken May 15, 2019The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Your Program Brief As the quote goes, “if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else”. This cliche, yet valid aphorism runs doubly true when running a crowdsourced security program. If we don’t have a clear idea of what success… Read More
By Grant McCracken Apr 23, 2019Setting Up Your Program Reward Ranges “What reward ranges should I set for my program?”, “How much should I pay for a given finding?”, and “What should my organization’s reward budget be for a successful program?” At Bugcrowd, we hear these questions time and time again… Read More
By Grant McCracken Apr 4, 2019Maintaining Program Success & Being an Effective Program Owner Once you’ve launched your program, things are far from over - in fact, they’re just beginning. And that’s not a bad thing. Depending on the scope, the number of participating researchers, and other factors, some programs will start seeing vulnerability… Read More
By Grant McCracken Mar 20, 2019Process For Launching Your Crowdsourced Security Program Running a successful bug bounty program starts far before the actual program launch date, and is a continuous and iterative process of improving and growing over time. The workflow and lifecycle of a managed bug bounty program can typically be… Read More
By Grant McCracken Mar 7, 2019Managing Your Crowdsourced Security Program for Success A growing number of organizations across various industry sectors are adopting crowdsourced security, making it clear that this model is no longer just the future of cybersecurity - it is the here and now. Crowdsourced security is driving organizations to… Read More
By Grant McCracken Oct 2, 20185 Tips and Tricks for Running a Successful Bug Bounty Program Bug bounties have continued to grab headlines over the years – as evidenced by the fact that we’ve seen a 40% growth in program launches over the last year alone. As bug bounty programs move towards becoming more of a… Read More
By Grant McCracken Dec 12, 2016Providing Access to your Program: Sharing Isn’t Caring Over the past year, we’ve spent some time diving into many of the different aspects relating to setting up a successful bug bounty program. Previously we’ve covered setting your scope, and the importance of focus areas, as well as some considerations to make around setting exclusions and provisioning your testing environment. Additionally, we’ve also taken a brief look at reward guidelines and disclosure policies, and how they can be used to both enhance your program and increase visibility. Read More
