Bounty Operations: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls to Avoid in the First 6-12 Months
summary
Panelists report concrete pitfalls and fixes from early bounty life: unexpected spikes in submissions, payment headaches, and scope creep. Examples include using third‑party triage/payout platforms versus handling thousands of payouts in‑house, a vendor offering miles for rewards, and ZDI/CDI processing about 5,500 vulnerabilities (roughly 4,000 vendor payments by one team). Recommendations: start small, define explicit scope and priority targets, pay quickly, treat duplicates with points or lower awards, and run a private bounty for noisy targets.
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- 0:00Start
- 3:20Explaining the value of your program
- 7:03Hardest lessons learned
- 18:21Working with the community
- 46:14Blackhat sound bytes
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