Switzerland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced it is launching a new bug bounty program for the federal government.
A pilot project conducted in 2021 saw a total of six IT systems of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, FDFA, and the Swiss parliamentary services scanned by ethical hackers for security vulnerabilities.
The project returned a total of 10 vulnerabilities, including one classified as critical, seven as medium and two as low.
As a result, the program was expanded to include other federal agencies under the leadership of the NCSC.
The new security rewards program, which is expected to launch this year, will be managed by Bug Bounty Switzerland AG, which confirmed today (August 3) that it has been awarded the government contract.
