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18F is looking for crowdsourced penetration testing systems to hit login.gov

Fedscoop: The General Services Administration’s 18F digital team is making strides in developing the open-source login.gov, a single sign-on for government services, and is now looking to do some penetration testing.

GSA released a sources sought notice late last week in an attempt to “identify potential crowd sourced penetration testing providers who can support 18F’s login.gov product.”

“The system is expected to be widely targeted by attackers,” the statement of work document explains. “GSA requires Crowdsourced Security and Penetration Testing service that mimics attacks and detects the security flaws that real-world hackers use to breach the Login.gov platform.”

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