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Ongoing bug-bounty pilot pinpoints many vulnerabilities in DOD’s cyberspace

Through Hack U.S., the Pentagon is offering cash rewards for exposures of digital weaknesses.

Jul 8, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

DOD expands vulnerability disclosure program to contracting base in pilot

Forty-one defense contractors in the small-to-medium-size range participated in a vulnerability disclosure pilot that resulted in 1,015 reports, of which 401 were validated by system owners for…

May 2, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

DARPA’s new Toolbox Initiative offers non-production licenses for the latest and greatest tech to performers, like chips and processors.

DARPA makes hardware bug bounty platform open source

The agency hopes that the system will help white-hat hackers to spot flaws in chip designs.

Jul 6, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Hack the Army event yields 102 critical security gaps

The Army worked with Defense Digital Services and HackerOne on the latest bug bounty, which identified 238 overall vulnerabilities.

Jun 10, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

A soldier assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, takes the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics as part of the 1st SBCT’s Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at Fort Carson, Colorado, July 18, 2020. (U.S. Army / Capt. Daniel Parker)

Army launches ‘Hack the Army 3.0’ with more targets for cybersecurity researchers

White-hat hackers will have from mid-December to the end of January to find vulnerabilities in the army.mil domain and other areas specified by the Army.

Nov 9, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Lauren Knausenberger, U.S. Air Force — Lauren Knausenberger speaks Dec. 4, 2018, at the Public Sector Innovation Summit presented by VMware and produced by FedScoop and StateScoop. (FedScoop)

Air Force wants to reserve its cyber experts for big jobs while AI plays defense

The Air Force sees defensive cyber measures as the best place to start when it comes to using artificial intelligence.

Jun 24, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

What one bug bounty platform’s FedRAMP authorization means for the industry

HackerOne beat its competitors to federal cloud services authorization, allowing it to deliver the kind of vulnerability disclosure platform sought for agencies governmentwide.

May 26, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron establish communications during an airfield survey as part of a culmination exercise Mar. 10, 2020, at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan)

Air Force wants cyber experts to ‘make a living’ off hacking its tech

The Air Force wants to do so many bug bounties that hackers can "make a living" off it. Eventually, hackers will be a brought into the design…

May 14, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Lauren Knausenberger, U.S. Air Force chief transformation officer — Lauren Knausenberger speaks Jan. 14, 2020, at the Data Cloud Summit presented by Cloudera and produced by FedScoop. (Scoop News Group)

Air Force ramps up use of white-hat hackers to test its IT networks

The Air Force is ramping up its efforts to hack its own networks, going far beyond traditional bug bounties.

Mar 30, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

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Hack the Army 2.0 brings 146 new security vulnerabilities to light

More than 50 white-hat hackers from six countries participated in this second edition of the Army bug bounty program.

Jan 15, 2020 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier