---
id: 3506
title: "GitHub Celebrates Four Years of Bug Bounties: Q&A with VP of Security, Shawn Davenport"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/github-celebrates-four-years-bug-bounties-qa-vp-security-shawn-davenport"
published_at: "2018-03-14T16:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "vulnerability-management", "github", "case-study", "hackerone", "qa"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3506"
lang: en
---

# GitHub Celebrates Four Years of Bug Bounties: Q&A with VP of Security, Shawn Davenport

## Summary

Q&A with GitHub's VP of Security on four years of bug bounties: a record $166,495 for 121 vulnerabilities in the latest year, plus workflow evolution like Slack triage and ChatOps payouts.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2018-03-14T16:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/github-celebrates-four-years-bug-bounties-qa-vp-security-shawn-davenport
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3506