Heroku Security Bug Bounty (opens in new tab)

(blog.heroku.com)

46 pointsleahculver11y ago6 comments

6 comments

> As part of Heroku and our parent company Salesforce.com’s commitment to philanthropy, if you are interested in donating your bounty to a recognized charity we will match it dollar-for-dollar.

Kudos to the Heroku folks for this. I haven't seen any other bug bounty program doing this (I'd love to be wrong -- please let me know if I am!), and it's a very nice change from the norm.

jon-wood11y ago

Google also match anyone who donates their bounty to charity.

badhairday11y ago

Yes! Reading that part put a smile on my face.

oijaf88811y ago

I wonder why they chose BugCrowd over the seemingly significantly cheaper HackerOne?

infosectosser11y ago

I would guess it is precisely because BugCrowd is more expensive. They offer a managed program where BugCrowd's employees validate bug reports for participating companies. Speaking from experience, that process can become very time-consuming.

EricDeb11y ago

If I were running a startup or even a moderately-sized company, implementing and managing a bug bounty program internally sounds like a headache, and probably would be put off indefinitely. A managed solution like BugCrowd could definitely fill this void.

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