GitHub’s Post

Bug bounty programs are bad cybersecurity practices. They inevitably lead to crowd-sourcing, creating a development cycle where secure code is not a feature of preproduction cycles but an artifact of after-the-fact theater. Once your code is live, if you need a bug bounty program, you are pretty much admitting your dev cycle is not comprehensive. They are also hacking programs more than they are cybersecurity programs. What a hacker can hack is limited to their constraints and the hackers in a bug bounty program are very limited. A state actor won’t just tell you a vulnerability after they’ve found it and they’ll find it after employing a million dollars worth of personnel and equipment. This is one of those teachable moments and a great opportunity for me to brand the future of cybersecurity: if you aren’t focusing on dev code to craft cybersecurity outcomes, you are not a cybersecurity expert.

Ah yes.. the unsung hero that protects corporations from releasing day 0 exploits... Oooo wait. You were saying?

Impressive stuff! ✨ Love seeing real insights from someone who lives in the bug bounty trenches. The mix of technical depth and honest advice makes this post a must-read for anyone aiming to level up their security game.