“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.”

"Security is not a one-time thing, but a continuous cycle. We know that there are always going to be bugs in software development. As we develop, and as we iterate, we want to make sure security is an active part of that process, and never a roadblock to innovation. The …

“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.”

“We'll definitely add HackerOne to our security portfolio and leverage hacker-powered security services in the future.”

"We’ve received a lot of guidance (on working with hackers) from HackerOne and it's been a great experience."

“HackerOne’s reputation in the bug bounty market was top notch. Their community lends itself to real-world simulation and removes the bias from working with a more traditional vendor. You get pentesters with different backgrounds and areas of expertise, and HackerOne provided the flexibility and assurance we needed to meet budgeting, …

“HackerOne programs are a fundamental part of our cybersecurity strategy.”

“Over time, we’ve established secure development methodologies and quality testing schemes for the release of new components and changes to the platform, including the creation of a specific channel to address hacker reports, which are prioritized and included in the current sprint.”

"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 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."

"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."

“Since the HackerOne Triage team is wellcalibrated on our scope, they offload some of the work from our security team, such as report triage, identifying duplicated reports, and scope mismatch. In other words, the HackerOne Triage team acts as an extension to our security team.”

"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."