Episode 1: CTFs, Penetration Tests, and Bug Bounties

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 10:25 p.m.

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Making secure technology is really hard. The security community hosts some unusual-sounding and counterintuitive events to help make the world\\u2019s technology safer and more secure. How does practicing to be a hacker help? Why would you attack something you\\u2019re trying to defend? When is paying hackers to find vulnerabilities in your software a good idea? In this episode, Josh Lospinoso, Scott Shreve, and Brian McCord discuss what CTFs, penetration tests, and bug bounties are and why they\\u2019re great tools for improving cybersecurity.

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