What We Do

Ethical hacking, vulnerability disclosure, and penetration testing improve security for consumers, enterprises, and society. However, outdated laws create restrictions and liability for these practices, and emerging legal requirements on vulnerability management are not always clear or in the best interests of security. There continues to be a lack of awareness and effective adoption of best practice, and policymakers have not implemented practical solutions to protect and encourage vulnerability disclosure and management. 

Key goals of the Hacking Policy Council

  • Create a more favorable legal environment for vulnerability disclosure and management, bug bounties, independent repair for security, good faith security research, and pentesting; 
  • Grow collaboration between the security, business, and policymaking communities;
  • Prevent new legal restrictions on security research, pentesting, or vulnerability disclosure and management; and
  • Strengthen organizations’ resilience through effective adoption of vulnerability disclosure policies and security researcher engagement.

Our Work

Who We Are

The Hacking Policy Council is a group of experts dedicated to creating a more favorable legal, policy, and business environment for good faith security research, penetration testing, independent repair for security, and vulnerability disclosure and management. 

Membership

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Ilona Cohen

Advisory Committee

HackerOne

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Casey Ellis

Advisory Committee

Bugcrowd

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Brian Gorenc

Advisory Committee

Trend Micro

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Katie Moussouris

Advisory Committee

Luta Security

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Katie Noble

Advisory Committee

Intel

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Charley Snyder

Advisory Committee

Google

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Rob Spiger

Advisory Committee

Microsoft

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Marilyn Vandermarliere

Advisory Committee

Intigriti

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Harley Geiger

Coordinator

Center for Cybersecurity Policy & Law

To report a vulnerability in this website, please email Security@hackingpolicycouncil.org.