Press Mentions

Media coverage and press mentions of disclose.io.

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DateTypePublicationAuthorTitle
1/2026ReferenceIoT Security FoundationCopper Horse / IoTSFThe State of VDP Usage in Global Consumer IoT in 2025
3/6/2025Partner ReferenceIntigritiIntigritiSafe harbor legal framework for ethical hackers officially launches in Belgium
12/11/2023PressDark ReadingStaffSafe Harbor Programs: Ensuring the Bounty Isn’t on White Hat Hackers’ Heads
12/13/2023Op-EdDark ReadingCasey EllisThe Unlikely Romance of Hackers and Government Suitors
4/2023PressTechTargetStaffHacking Policy Council launches, aims to improve bug disclosure
4/2023ReferenceCenter for Cybersecurity PolicyStaffCenter for Cybersecurity Policy and Law Launches Initiatives To Support Detection and Remediation of Security Vulnerabilities
4/5/2023AcademicDuke FinReg BlogStaffSecurity Researchers Battle Against The DMCA
2023PodcastDelineaJoseph Carson401 Access Denied Ep 94: Crowdsourced Security & Vulnerability Disclosure with Casey Ellis
2022PressThe Daily SwigStaffHackerOne encourages customers to adopt standard policy to protect hackers from legal problems
Summer 2022ReferenceNASS / IngallsIngalls Information Securitydisclose.io Managing Disclosure of Vulnerabilities and Risk
6/2021SignatoryEFFEFFStanding With Security Researchers Against Misuse of the DMCA
6/2021PressSecurityWeekStaffCybersecurity Companies Join Forces Against Controversial DMCA Section
6/2021PressThe Daily SwigStaffSecurity organizations join forces with EFF to lobby for DMCA reform
6/23/2021Partner ReferenceBishop FoxBishop FoxOur Position on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
6/23/2021Partner ReferenceRapid7Rapid7Rapid7 Joins Statement On DMCA Lawsuits Against Security Tools
6/23/2021Partner ReferenceNCC GroupNCC GroupNCC Group co-signs the EFF’s Statement on DMCA Use Against Security Researchers
3/9/2021ReferenceNASSNASSCoordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Issue Briefing
1/21/2021PressDataversityCasey EllisCyberwarfare, Ethical Hacking, and Ransomware: 2021 Predictions
11/17/2020Partner ReferenceCenter for Democracy and TechnologyWilliam T. AdlerCDT Joins EFF, Other Experts in Open Letter on Election Security
11/16/2020ReferenceEFFEFFElections Are Partisan Affairs. Election Security Isn’t.
11/7/2020Partner ReferenceAWSAWSDisclose.io adoption
10/28/2020PressThreatpostLindsey O’DonnellHow the Pandemic is Reshaping the Bug-Bounty Landscape
10/23/2020PressVentureBeatChris O’BrienHow ethical hackers are trying to protect the 2020 U.S. elections
9/2020ReferenceCISACISABOD 20-01: Develop and Publish a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
2020PressThe HillStaffVoting equipment companies throw weight behind enhanced disclosures
2020PressCyberScoopStaffTop voting vendor ES&S publishes vulnerability disclosure policy
2020-2025ReferenceIoT Security FoundationIoT Security FoundationThe State of Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Usage in Global Consumer IoT (Annual Reports)
7/11/2019Partner ReferenceKasperskyKaspersky TeamBuilding trust together with Disclose.io
5/31/2019PressTechCrunchZack WhittakerSecurity startup Bugcrowd on crowdsourcing bug bounties
5/2/2019Partner ReferenceBugcrowdJason HaddixDisclose.io - The Movement Marches Forward
1/29/2019PressTotal Security AdvisorStaffOpen Source Collaborative Hopes to Make Reporting Security Bugs Safer for All
12/3/2018Partner ReferenceBugcrowdJason HaddixProtecting Hackers (by default) with Disclose.io
11/6/2018PressThe Daily SwigStaffOpen source Disclose.io framework bridges legal gap in bug reporting
9/5/2018PressThreatpostTom SpringThe Vulnerability Disclosure Process: Still Broken
8/9/2018PressCSO OnlineJ.M. PorupBug bounties offer legal safe harbor. Right? Right?
8/7/2018PressAB OpenGareth HalfacreeDisclose.io Aims to Protect Security Researchers
8/6/2018PressHelp Net SecurityStaffBugcrowd launches Disclose.io to provide a safe harbor for white hat hackers
8/3/2018PressWashington PostDerek HawkinsThe Cybersecurity 202: The law doesn’t protect ethical hackers. This new project could help close that gap.
8/3/2018PressCyberScoopZaid ShoorbajeeOpen source project looks to give legal safe harbor for ethical hackers
8/2/2018PressZDNetCharlie OsborneDisclose.io: A safe harbor for hackers disclosing security vulnerabilities
8/2/2018PressLinux.comArs TechnicaNew Open Source Effort: Legal Code to Make Reporting Security Bugs Safer
8/2/2018PressTechTargetStaffDisclose.io launches vulnerability disclosure ‘safe harbor’
8/2/2018PodcastTechTargetStaffRisk & Repeat: Can Disclose.io help protect vulnerability researchers?
8/2/2018Partner ReferenceBugcrowdAmit ElazariStandardizing Legal Safe Harbor for Security Research
8/2/2018PodcastThreatpostStaffBugcrowd Founder on Printer Bugs, IoT Bounty Hunting, and New VDP Project
8/2/2018Press ReleaseGlobeNewswireBugcrowdBugcrowd Launches Disclose.io Open-Source Vulnerability Disclosure Framework
-ReferenceOWASPOWASPVulnerability Disclosure Cheat Sheet
-ReferenceCERT/CCCERT/CCGuide to Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure - Policy Templates
-ReferenceMIT Election LabMITCoordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Research
-Partner ReferenceHackerOneHackerOneSafe Harbor Overview & FAQ
-Partner ReferenceBugcrowdBugcrowdDisclose.io and Safe Harbor
-ReferenceWikitiaWikitiaDisclose.io