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Fortinet slams Rapid7 for disclosing vulnerability before end of their 90-day window

2021/08/12 : "A dispute broke out on Tuesday after cybersecurity company Rapid7 released a report about a vulnerability in a Fortinet product before the company had time to release a patch addressing the issue."Read more

Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure: Bringing Balance to the Force (Microsoft)

2010/07/22 : "Today on the MSRC [Microsoft Security Response Center] blog, Matt Thomlinson, General Manager of Trustworthy Computing Security, announced our new philosophy on Coordinated...Read more

HP, Bug-Hunters Declare Truce (PC World paper)

2002/08/09 : Kim Zetter writes upon the story behind SnoSoft's pitch, the extortion charges, and the DMCA threat.

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NIAC VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE FRAMEWORK

2004/01/13 : The National Infrastructure Advisory Concil published in January 2004 their Final report and recommendations on vulnerability disclosure.

"The NIAC reached consensus that the nation’s interests are advanced by a commitment by all stakeholders in...Read more

'Responsible Disclosure' Draft Could Have Legal Muscle - Rasch on Christey and Wysopal draft

2002/03/11 : Rasch analyses Christey and Wysopal IETF Draft.

"The report articulates what many in the security industry have considered to be a reasonable method of reporting security vulnerabilities." (p.1) 

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Is the iDefense challenge worth it? (Chickowski paper)

2006/02/23 : Ericka Chickowski writes upon iDefense rewards and their way of working with enterprises and hackers. 

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Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure Process - draft-christey-wysopal-vuln-disclosure-00.txt

2002/02 : IETF Draft by Steve Christey from MITRE and Chris Wysopal :

"During the process of disclosure, many vendors, security researchers, and other parties follow a variety of unwritten or informal guidelines for how they interact and share information. Some parties may be unaware of...Read more

Security woes: Who is to blame? - Culp interview

2001/11/08 : Robert Lemos interviewed Scott Culp for CNET News.

"The essay is not calling for people to refrain from looking for security vulnerabilities, to stop reporting them to the vendors, to stop telling customers about them. We don't want to change any of that. The only thing that...Read more

Google Project Zero

2015/02/13 : "Project Zero has adhered to a 90-day disclosure deadline. Now we are applying this approach for the rest of Google as well. We notify vendors of vulnerabilities immediately, with details shared in public with the defensive community after 90 days, or sooner if the vendor releases a...Read more

Security and IT Industry Leaders Form Organization for Internet Safety - Creation of OIS

2002/09/26 : "OIS [The Organization for Internet Safety] was formed to make it easier for security researchers and vendors to work together to fix security vulnerabilities. Today, there are no agreed-upon processes for handling security vulnerabilities." (see : ...Read more

Threat Complexity Requires New Levels of Collaboration - Stone and Moussouris on the creation of MSVR

2008/08 : Microsoft create the Microsoft Vulnerability Research Program (MSVR).Read more

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