A later module addresses cybersecurity policy through a social science framework. At this point, attention can be drawn to one type of policy, known as bug bounty policies. These policies pay individuals for identifying vulnerabilities in a company’s cyber infrastructure. To identify the vulnerabilities, ethical hackers are invited to try explore the cyber infrastructure using their penetration testing skills. The policies relate to economics in that they are based on cost/benefits principles. Read this article https://academic.oup.com/cybersecurity/article/7/1/tyab007/6168453?login=trueLinks to an external site. and write a summary reaction to the use of the policies in your journal. Focus primarily on the literature review and the discussion of the findings.
After reading the article, I see that bug bounties are good at making sure that companies are secure against cyberattacks and making sure that they have good cybersecurity practices. Another reason why bug bounties are beneficial because it can allow the hackers to gain experience in the cybersecurity field by being able to show vulberabilies in a company’s system by finding bugs. Bug bounties are also good the company because it allows to the company to be aware of vulnerabilities so they are able to fix them before a bad hacker exploits those vulnerabilities to steal sensitive data from companies.