vulnerability disclosure policy

Guidelines for Security Vulnerability Reporting and Response (Version 2.0) - OIS

2004/09/01 : "This document provides a reference process embodying best practices associated with one such model, which is characterized by close collaboration in good faith between the person or organization who identifies a vulnerability and the person or organization responsible...Read more

Statement on recent comments regarding the source code publication of the Swiss e-voting system

2019/02/22: Scytl statement concerning rumors of Swiss Post leaked source code. This addresses the cases of unofficial diffusion of source code and unofficial criticsRead more

Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process for the United States Government

2017/11/15 : "[T]he White House released a charter on the vulnerability equities policy outlining how the federal government will alert private companies to cybersecurity flaws or refrain for intelligence purposes." (...Read more

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

THE PRICE OF RESTRICTING VULNERABILITY PUBLICATIONS (Granick Article)

2005 : "Part One of this paper explains the current state of computer (in)security and sets forth three ways to restrict publications followed by the most common arguments for and against. It then illustrates the popularity of security publication restrictions with an ...Read more

FIRST Guidelines and Practices for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination and Disclosure

2017 : FIRST release their Guidelines and Practices for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination and Disclosure.
"The purpose of this document is to assist in improving multi-party vulnerability coordination across different stakeholder communities."

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Rebooting Responsible Disclosure: a focus on protecting and users

2010/07/20 : The Google authors give arguments to show why responsible disclosure is not always efficient. They propose to give a 60 days to the vendors to fix bugs disclosed before the vulnerabilities become public.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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"MS throttles research to conceal SW bugs" (Greene paper)

2001/11/09 : Thomas C. Greene expresses once again his opinion against Microsoft's way of handling vulnerability disclosure.

"Microsoft Security Manager Scott Culp revealed unilateral steps the company has taken to throttle the exchange of vulnerability ...Read more

CERT/CC Overview

2000/10 : CERT/CC is committed to a responsible policy. All vulnerabilities reported to the CERT/CC will be disclosed to the public 45 days after the initial report, regardless of the existence or availability of patches or workarounds from affected vendors.

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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

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