On February 1, 2022, I posted on the NetSPI Executive Blog.
While in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the @Hack cybersecurity conference, we noticed a disconnect in the understanding of penetration testing. Many of the people we spoke with assumed pentesting and bug bounty programs were one and the same.
Spoiler alert: that assumption is incorrect. While they share a similar goal, pentesting services and bug bounties vary in impact and value.
In an effort to demystify the two vulnerability discovery activities, in this blog we will cover how each are used in practice, key differences, and explain the risks associated with solely relying on bug bounties.
Read the full post here: https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive/penetration-testing/penetration-testing-services-versus-bug-bounty/
