---
id: 1149
title: "A Safer Future for Security Research: Landmark Moves in Portugal and the UK"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/security-research-protections-portugal-uk"
published_at: "2025-12-18 17:57"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "vulnerability-research", "security-research", "vulnerability-disclosure", "policy", "uk", "safe-harbor", "legal", "portugal"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1149"
lang: en
---

# A Safer Future for Security Research: Landmark Moves in Portugal and the UK

## Summary

Portugal's new Article 7 safe harbor and the UK's proposed Computer Misuse Act defence mark major progress in protecting good-faith security research and coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2025-12-18 17:57
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/security-research-protections-portugal-uk
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1149