BACKGROUND:
As reported by Computer Weekly, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has concluded it’s first-ever bug bounty challenge with security platform HackerOne, building on its commitment to develop a culture of collaboration around cyber security.
During the 30-day challenge, the MoD invited hackers to investigate vulnerabilities in its digital assets by giving them direct access to its internal systems, which was done with the aim of helping the MoD secure and defend them from cyber attacks.
The challenge follows the UK government’s publication of its integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy from March, in which it highlighted the need for greater capacity and resilience to deal with cyber threats, especially against critical national infrastructure (CNI).
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