The Department of Homeland Security is one step closer to launching a bug bounty pilot.
The Senate passed legislation April 17 that compels DHS to establish a bug bounty program. Sponsored by Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the bill was introduced last year and authorizes $250,000 for DHS to contract with an outside organization to run the program, which would pay security researchers for finding undiscovered flaws and vulnerabilities in DHS systems and software.