We could start the blog by saying that we are living in the digital age and that security is now more important than ever before. But we won’t dwell on this, as we are all well aware of its significance. Instead, let’s focus on the positive: potential solutions that can be implemented to prevent all the ‘bad’ stuff from happening!
One such measure is Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD).
A proactive practice that ensures all the incoming vulnerabilities are addressed in a controlled and organized manner.
Many businesses are under the misconception that setting up a CVD program is an expensive and complicated process. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, implementing a CVD program can be both affordable and easy to set up, making it an ideal solution for businesses of all sizes.
Affordability is a key factor when it comes to security, especially for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that may not have the resources to invest in expensive security solutions. And that is what Zerocopter can help you with. With a CVD program, you can leverage the expertise of hackers to identify vulnerabilities in your systems at a fraction of the cost of traditional security.
Setting up a CVD program is also a super easy process as we help to create a guideline for you! Moreover, having your program managed by a platform guarantees you and your team that you won’t be flooded with a lot of invalid reports. Allowing you to focus on what matters most. We will make the process of handling a CVD program so much easier and effective by:
- Having a team of experienced hackers to ensure accurate and actionable reports by identifying and verifying vulnerabilities efficiently.
- Having an in-house triage team to evaluate submissions, so we prevent overwhelm and reduce the risk of overlooking critical vulnerabilities among the 70% of reports that are often invalid. And on top of that, our managed CVD program offers a cost-effective alternative to hiring a full-time security team or outsourcing, backed by Zerocopter’s trusted reputation in CVD services.
This way you don’t need a huge team to triage all the reports, to prioritize them, or to burden your finance department with paying reporters all over the world – Zerocopter does all of that for you on our beautiful platform. Also, do you have a question for the reporter or the triage team? You can communicate with them if needed!
Moreover, the process is also super simple:
- When a vulnerability is reported, it comes in the triage queue, and our team will pick it up and try to validate the finding.
- If it’s an invalid one, we inform the reporter that the finding can’t be validated. If If it’s a valid finding, we will add a severity to it based on our scoring system and put the finding in your queue so your team can pick it up and start fixing it.
- If you want to thank the reporter you can pick a bounty as reward and we will pay out the reporter and invoice you for that amount plus our payment fee. Simple as that!
There are many benefits of implementing such a policy, but by indicating that you are open to receive reports from external hackers, you are not only showing the outside world that you are taking the security of you company and clients data seriously, but you will get insights on how to enhance your overall security posture and attack surface, basically for free!
In conclusion, implementing a CVD program can be an affordable and easy way for businesses to protect themselves from cyber threats. By leveraging the expertise of hackers, organisations can identify and address vulnerabilities in their systems before they can be exploited by malicious actors. Don’t let the misconception that cybersecurity is expensive and complicated prevent you from taking the necessary steps to protect your business!
Check more details about CVD programs here!
