The bug bounty debate: Black Hat 2010 panelists debate the merits of vendors paying for vulnerabilities

Alex Stamos of iSEC partners offers his take on the usefulness of incentive programs that encourage researchers to privately report vulnerabilities to vendors, in exchange for cash. While the initiatives might fatten the wallets of bug hunters, some believe it taints the mission of white-hat hackers.

Sign up to our newsletters

More in Videos

Video: Privileged access in the enterprise

In this video, Leonid Shtilman, CEO at Viewfinity, sits with SC Magazine reporter, Danielle Walker, to discuss privileged management and ways organizations can secure corporate accounts.

Video: Corporations defending IT infrastructure

John McClurg, vice president of Dell Global Security, discusses some of the threats posed to corporations today, and how security professionals should assess them in order to implement successful security strategies.

Video: Impacts of the executive order

Ahren S. Tryon, attorney at Cozen O'Connor, discusses the recent executive order, as well as the concerns of privacy in relation to information sharing between the public and private sector.