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March 29, 2024

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New Pentagon pilot program to turn loose white-hat hackers on defense contractors’ networks

By Justin Doubleday / October 19, 2020

The Pentagon is launching a pilot program early next year allowing cybersecurity researchers to probe the networks of defense contractors for vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by hackers.

The "Defense Industrial Base Vulnerability Disclosure Program" pilot is a joint effort between the Defense Department's Cyber Crime Center -- DC3 -- and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, according to Kristopher Johnson, director of DC3's Vulnerability Disclosure Program.

DOD plans to have the yearlong pilot up and running no later...


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