The federal government is planning an attempt in which a handful of attackers will test an IT system. In the event of success, there is a bonus. The model is then to be expanded.
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Outside security professionals often find critical vulnerabilities that other methods have not discovered.
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Security cannot be verified on paper alone. Often numerous vulnerabilities, including critical ones, only become apparent when external hackers or security researchers scrutinize computer systems. Numerous large tech companies therefore have so-called bug bounty programs, under which they pay a premium (“bounty”) for reported security gaps (“bugs”).
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