---
id: 3338
title: "Essential to a Successful Bounty Brief: Exclusions"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/exclusions-essential-to-successful-bounty-brief/"
published_at: "2016-06-29T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "program-management", "vrt", "bounty-brief", "exclusions"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3338"
lang: en
---

# Essential to a Successful Bounty Brief: Exclusions

## Summary

Bugcrowd explains why explicit exclusions are essential to a bounty brief, covering low-impact issues, intended functionality, known issues, accepted risks and pivot findings to avoid wasted effort.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2016-06-29T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/exclusions-essential-to-successful-bounty-brief/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3338