How to Use Your Bug Bounty Budget Efficiently

Published

2023-12-13 17:51

Collected

2026-07-03 04:32

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id: 2037
title: "How to Use Your Bug Bounty Budget Efficiently"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/how-use-your-bug-bounty-budget-efficiently"
published_at: "2023-12-13T17:51:56Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "hackerone", "benchmarking", "budgeting", "data-breach", "cost-of-breach", "vulnerability-pricing"]
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lang: en
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# How to Use Your Bug Bounty Budget Efficiently

## Summary

HackerOne benchmarks bug bounty spending against IBM breach-cost data: a $1,000 average bounty pales next to the $4.45 million average breach, with tips for pricing and budgeting programs.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2023-12-13T17:51:56Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/how-use-your-bug-bounty-budget-efficiently
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2037