Bug bounty programme
A company's published invitation to test specific systems, often with a reward for valid findings.
Learn it through a story
- The Bug Bounty Bet (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 4)
Related terms
- Botnet A large network of compromised devices controlled together, often without their owners' knowledge.
- Branch protection Repository rules requiring review or checks before code can merge into a main branch.
- Broken object-level authorization (BOLA) An API that checks login but not whether the specific requested record belongs to the requester.
- Captive portal The sign-in page a public wifi network shows before granting access.
- CIA triad Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability, the three foundational goals of information security.
- CNAPP Cloud-native application protection platform, an umbrella term for continuous cloud security posture tooling.