"We cannot afford a ‘next time we will do better’ mentality," said one Defense Digital Service participant. "I strongly believe a proactive approach is critical, which means finding potential problems and addressing them before they are realized."
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The Defense Digital Service (DDS) and HackerOne today announced the launch of DDS’s eleventh bug bounty program with HackerOne and the third with the U.S. Department of the Army. Hack the Army 3.0 is a time-bound, hacker-powered security test aimed at surfacing vulnerabilities so they can be resolved before they are exploited by adversaries. The bug bounty program is open to both military and civilian participants and will run from January 6, 2021 through February 17, 2021.
Bug bounty programs, like Hack the Army 3.0, incentivize security research and reporting of real-world security vulnerabilities in exchange for monetary rewards for qualified vulnerabilities and participants. These programs are an industry best practice leveraged by the most mature organizations across the world. By disclosing vulnerabilities to security teams, civilian and military hackers will help the U.S. Army secure digital asset