Government Edition: 7th Annual Hacker-Powered Security Report

New data on hacker contributions to national security

Government agencies are paying 210% higher bug bounties for critical vulnerabilities than a year ago.

Why is that? The new Hacker-Powered Security Report: Government Edition answers that question and many more. 

A deeper report than ever before

This edition goes deeper than ever before, with insights from our national and state government customers and some of the world's top hackers. We also take a more comprehensive look at the top ten vulnerabilities for government identified through real-life findings in the HackerOne platform, and how government organizations are performing when it comes to incentivizing hackers to find the vulnerabilities that are most important to them.

Read the full report now

Download the government edition of our annual report to learn:

  • How governmental agencies compare against the top ten vulnerability stats platform-wide
  • How the median and average bounties for government bugs have changed over the past year
  • How to save an average of $18,037 on your agency’s bug bounty program
  • What percentage of hackers dedicate time to government programs—and why they choose them
  • Why governments are performing poorly compared to the private sector when it comes to reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and other low-hanging fruit