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Quantifying the Value of Bug Bounty Programs: ROI, ROM, or Both?

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Traditional ROI struggles to capture proactive security value. HackerOne shows how Return on Mitigation (ROM) complements ROI by comparing breach costs with mitigation costs in bug bounty programs.
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