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MoD ethical hacking programme expands after initial success

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed it has expanded an existing defensive security initiative with ethical hacking and penetration testing specialist HackerOne to include some of its key suppliers.

The original scope of the MoD’s defensive security programme included a vulnerability disclosure programme (VDP) paying out bug bounties through HackerOne, leveraging the creativity and expertise of the hacking community to help secure some of the UK government’s most critical digital assets.

Since its launch in 2021, more than 100 ethical hackers have been busy “attacking” the MoD’s systems, identifying and fixing vulnerabilities to enhance its cyber security posture.

“The decision to partner with HackerOne and leverage its community of ethical hackers was part of an organisation-wide commitment to building a culture of transparency and collaboration to improve national security,” said Paul Joyce, vulnerability research project manager for the MoD. “Our hacker partners are helping us to identify areas where we need to strengthen our defences and protect our critical digital assets from malicious threats.”

MoD CISO Christine Maxwell added: “Working with the ethical hacking community allows us to bring more diverse perspectives to protect and defend our assets. Understanding where our vulnerabilities are and working with the wider ethical hacking community to identify and fix them is an essential step in reducing cyber risk and improving resilience.”

The MoD hopes that by including key suppliers within the VDP, it can help encourage a trickle-down of best practices through its supply chain, and maybe implement their own programmes. It said its long-term goal was for all firms that it partners with to run their own VDPs.

Among the suppliers that has already been involved with the expanded programme is Kahootz, which supplies cloud software-as-a-service collaboration platform services to public and third sector organisations.

“Kahootz’s VDP demonstrates our proactive commitment to promptly identifying and addressing potential security weaknesses to maintain the highest security standards for users,” said Peter Jackson, the organisation’s…

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NeGD, MeitY organises 30th Batch of Chief Information Security Officers’ (CISOs) Deep Dive Training Programme under Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative

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NeGD, MeitY organises 30th Batch of Chief Information Security Officers’ (CISOs) Deep Dive Training Programme under Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative – Odisha Diary

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Social Security Institutions Launch Digitalisation Programme to Rev Up Delivery Of Frontline Services in the Philippines – OpenGov Asia

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Social Security Institutions Launch Digitalisation Programme to Rev Up Delivery Of Frontline Services in the Philippines  OpenGov Asia

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Meta expands ‘Facebook Protect’ security programme to India

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Meta has announced that it is expanding ‘Facebook Protect’, its security programme for people that are more likely to be targeted by malicious hackers, to more countries including India –covering human rights defenders, journalists and government officials.

‘Facebook Protect’ helps these people adopt stronger account security protections, like two-factor authentication, and monitors for potential hacking threats.

The company first tested ‘Facebook Protect’ in 2018 and expanded it ahead of the 2020 US elections.

“We began our global expansion in September of this year. Since then, more than 1.5 million accounts have enabled Facebook Protect, and of those, nearly 950K accounts newly enrolled in two-factor authentication,” Nathaniel Gleicher, Head of Security Policy at Meta, said in a statement late on Thursday.

“We are on track to expand the programme to more than 50 countries by the end of the year, including the United States, India, and Portugal,” he informed.

No action is required unless you get a notification on Facebook that you are eligible to enroll.

“With Facebook Protect, we worked to make enrollment and use of two-factor authentication as frictionless as possible for these groups of people by providing better user experience and support,” the company said.

Meta also announced that with more than 50 non-governmental organisation partners around the world, it is supporting UK Revenge Porn Helpline’s launch of StopNCII.org to help stop the non-consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII) on the internet.

StopNCII.org uses technology that hashes images and videos directly on a person’s device, so those images or videos never have to leave a person’s possession.

(With inputs from IANS)

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Published on: Friday, December 03, 2021, 05:27 PM IST

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