Benefit from the knowledge of hackers by providing them transparent rules for submitting vulnerabilities to your team with a responsible disclosure po

What is Responsible Disclosure?

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2024-10-08 22:30:05

Benefit from the knowledge of hackers by providing them transparent rules for submitting vulnerabilities to your team with a responsible disclosure policy. There are three types of disclosure–discretionary disclosure, coordinated disclosure, and full disclosure.

It can be a messy process for hackers to know exactly how to share vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure in a safe and efficient manner. Generating a responsible disclosure policy can be confusing and time-consuming, so many organizations do not create one at all.

To help organizations adopt responsible disclosure, we’ve developed an open-source responsible disclosure policy your team can utilize for free.

Many organizations choose to implement vulnerability disclosure programs to help with this. By having a dedicated platform to simplify the reporting process, it makes it easier for hackers to submit their findings.

Occasionally a hacker may discover a flaw in your app. This leaves the hacker responsible for reporting the vulnerability. In most cases, a hacker will privately report the breach to your team and allow your team a reasonable timeframe to fix the issue. In some cases, they may publicize the exploit to alert directly to the public.