"We know that state-sponsored actors and black-hat hackers want to challenge and exploit our networks. We know that. What we didn't fully appreciate before this pilot was how many white-hat hackers there are who want to make a difference, who want to help keep our people and our nation safer."

"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."

"AI red teaming allows us to explore the possibilities of what attackers might achieve—not just what’s likely. Working with HackerOne has shown us that human ingenuity often outperforms adversarial datasets or AI-generated attacks."

“However, in order to become a trusted partner you need to go further than that. With HackerOne we were able to harness the expertise and skills of a huge hacker community in real time, so we could start applying fixes straight away.”

"HackerOne Code not only gives us real-time security before code goes to production, we're seeing value in getting insight from professional developers in the industry."

"Hitting $1M in bounties is a badge of honor. It reflects our commitment to valuing the intelligent security researchers who help keep us safe. Bug bounty programs are notoriously difficult to build, but HackerOne’s talented community provides us with the expertise and creativity we need to secure our platform. Our …

“As the world’s first ephemeral messaging platform, our customers unequivocally expect privacy and security from our products. Maintaining these principles to a high bar is vital for our company.”

"HackerOne also played a crucial role in cutting down the noise so we could focus only on the valid issues."

"We chose HackerOne as it not only connected us to an existing community of seasoned security researchers but also offered productivity features that automated aspects of the bug bounty triage process."

"Hai gives us actionable suggestions that have eliminated busy work, so we can complete tasks faster and think strategically about continuously improving our overall cybersecurity posture."

"The HackerOne program overview page helps sell the value of having a hacker-powered security program in place. We are able to understand changes in report workload to ensure our team is equipped to meet demand, drill down into key vulnerability trends across our program, and socialize key metrics to our …

"In addition to some amazing, creative submissions, we’ve received some incredible feedback from researchers. In just a few short months, we’ve used that feedback to make substantial changes to our scope, payments, and transparency. We want hackers to challenge and educate us, and build a trusting and respectful relationship that …

"We decided that we needed a more diverse group of testers, while still meeting and exceeding compliance standards, which is what led us to HackerOne and the hacker-powered security model."

"We obviously can’t hire enough engineers to protect against every possible vulnerability, but we can use our bug bounty program to add on-demand expertise where we need it and continuous coverage nearly everywhere else."

"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."