---
id: 3611
title: "Flexport leverages bug bounty programs to secure their customers highly confidential shipping data"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/flexport-leverages-bug-bounty-programs-secure-their-customers-highly-confidential-shipping"
published_at: "2017-02-23T20:31:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "supply-chain", "interview", "security-program", "flexport", "logistics"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3611"
lang: en
---

# Flexport leverages bug bounty programs to secure their customers highly confidential shipping data

## Summary

Flexport CTO Amos Elliston explains why the freight forwarder chose a bug bounty program: pentests were expensive and found little, while the HackerOne program surfaced high-priority bugs within its first week at a fraction of the cost.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2017-02-23T20:31:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/flexport-leverages-bug-bounty-programs-secure-their-customers-highly-confidential-shipping
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3611