Federal Legislation Could Open New Doors for State, Local Bug Programs

Government Technology: A bug bounty program that aims to undercover vulnerabilities in computer systems that process federal elections would be offered to any interested state and local agency, under the Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018.

The bill, introduced last month by U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., could ultimately become a catalyst for bug bounty programs within state and local agencies, which have been reluctant to embrace white hat hackers probing their computer networks, websites and applications for vulnerabilities.

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