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White hats are technical personnel who possess penetration testing and vulnerability discovery skills but, after discovering vulnerabilities, choose to report them to companies rather than exploit them maliciously.
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UnverifiedWhen submitting vulnerabilities, white-hat hackers must follow the principle of minimal testing, meaning they only verify the existence of the vulnerability without expanding its impact or obtaining user data.76% similarUnverifiedFor enterprises, the white hat community is equivalent to an external security testing force distributed around the world, able to discover and help fix hidden risks before attackers do.74% similarUnverifiedCompanies internally arrange penetration testing tasks and calculate security personnel performance based on the number of vulnerabilities discovered.70% similarUnverifiedThe operating logic of crowdsourced security testing and bug bounty platforms is: opening testing access to corporate assets (or code) to external white-hat researchers, who submit vulnerabilities, with the platform responsible for verification, deduplication and rating, and ultimately handing valid vulnerabilities to the company for remediation.68% similarUnverifiedThe standard workflow of an SRC is: white hats search for vulnerabilities within the authorized scope, submit reports through the SRC platform, the corporate security team verifies them, fixes them after confirmation, and issues monetary or honorary rewards based on the vulnerability level.65% similar
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