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House bill would require federal contractors to adopt cyber vulnerability disclosure policy

Vulnerability disclosure has proliferated across federal agencies in recent years. A new House bill would make them mandatory for contractors, too.

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Pentagon’s vulnerability disclosure program developing expansion plans to cover more contractors

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DHS marks expansion of bug bounty efforts with impending contract awards

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Hackers find more than 400 vulnerabilities in DoD’s industrial base companies

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Air Force wants bug bounties to tackle cyber threats deep in its supply chain

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, photo a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Cybersecurity researchers say a coordinated cyberespionage campaign has targeted U.N. relief agencies, the International Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations groups for the past 10 months. The California cybersecurity outfit Lookout says the campaign, which uses phishing to harvest passwords from mobile phones and computers, is still active. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

CISA partners with OMB to stand up vulnerability disclosure policies at civilian agencies

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Air Force cloud had 54 vulnerabilities before hackers found them

The Air Force called on white-hat hackers to protect one of its clouds.

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GSA Centers of Excellence cyber official urges greater adoption of bug bounties

When it comes to moving from on-site data centers to the cloud, agencies face substantial workforce and culture challenges that aren’t always reflected…

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FBI senior IT official: Bug bounties still useful, but ‘a little over-hyped’

Manny Castillo, a senior IT security adviser at the FBI, said the bureau does all its penetration testing internally and has no plans on changing that.

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