{"id":21239,"date":"2018-10-24T16:07:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T16:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/24\/dod-bug-bounty-program-to-expand-to-more-sensitive-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:12:10","slug":"dod-bug-bounty-program-to-expand-to-more-sensitive-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/home\/2018\/10\/24\/dod-bug-bounty-program-to-expand-to-more-sensitive-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD bug bounty program to expand to more sensitive systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i> This article has been updated to reflect additional details regarding the nature of the contract.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In yet another contract allowing outside hackers to test systems for vulnerabilities, the Department of Defense is opening the doors to more sensitive systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bug bounties, as they\u2019re known, have focused on both public-facing DoD websites and internal systems. 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We started from the very public ones, demonstrated amazing, amazing success there, so therefore [DoD is] saying let\u2019s apply this same model and the same vendor to the more sensitive systems that we have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/10\/03\/hacking-for-good-uncovers-over-150-marine-corps-vulnerabilities\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HackTheMarines3-Cropped.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hacking for good uncovers over 150 Marine Corps web vulnerabilities<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Department of Defense&#039;s latest bug bounty program targeted vulnerabilities in Marine Corps websites.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mickos added that this new contract, which is up to $34 million across three vendors (including Synack and Bugcrowd) is a natural expansion signaling all the successful steps taken from the initial Hack the Pentagon effort in 2016. 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