"There is a lot of education left to do, both to producers and customers of security-critical code. We hope bug bounty programs becomes an industry-standard, for the sake of security and stability of the entire industry."

"The program has been successful because of the continued contributions from diverse, talented researchers."

“If you're going into a bush blind, you don't know what's going to happen.”

"The success of the program helped us boost our cybersecurity in a matter of weeks."

"We have a strong partnership with HackerOne. Since launching the program in 2020, we've deeply valued their support, which has allowed us to greatly expand our program's scope and impact."

"At TikTok, we always want to be proactive rather than reactive. We aim to shift left, finding bugs at an early stage to ensure the safety of our environment before it goes live."

"Our public bug bounty program is as important to the security of our product and company as any other program we run within our Security Team."

"Using the HackerOne platform helps us cultivate (hacker) relationships and complements the GitLab mission that everyone can contribute."

“Ensuring you’ve established the appropriate staffing levels and support structure are key to success when starting a bug bounty program, This includes security engineers to review, validate and triage the findings who can work across the development groups to test and mitigate.”

"A greater amount of diverse vulnerabilities allows us to identify and improve our SDL more efficiently and to keep learning new trends and approaches about vulnerabilities, new attack vectors, and blind spots."

“By enabling all teams that work in cybersecurity to better understand the root causes of real-life examples, we can avoid more issues earlier in the software development lifecycle. The HackerOne workshop helps to educate 100s of Sage employees and strengthen our capabilities and how we respond to situations.”

"We believe there is immense value in having a bug bounty program as part of our cybersecurity strategy, and we encourage all companies, not just those in the hospitality industry, to take a similar approach and consider bug bounty as a proactive security initiative."

"Our researcher community’s approach is rooted in curiosity, creativity, and the relentless pursuit of finding flaws others might miss. This mindset is distinct from building and reinforcing technical models, yet it’s an essential complement. While internal teams focus on defending and aligning AI systems, engaging with a community of researchers …

"We have an industry-leading vulnerability disclosure program that protects ethical researchers and partnered with HackerOne to include sensitive vendors in the scope of our bug bounty program to help protect our entire ecosystem. Our hope is that bug bounty programs like ours continue to spearhead a culture of collaboration and …

"The program with HackerOne has surfaced the most interesting results across all of our AI testing and is by far the most cost-effective."