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id: 4716
title: "Cyber budgets still growing (but not fast enough), ‘AI and automation are operational imperatives’, the real-world impact of boosting Bug Bounty rewards – OffSec roundup for CISOs"
source_domain: yeswehack.com
source_url: "https://www.yeswehack.com/news/cyber-budgets-ai-automation-rewards-volume"
published_at: "2025-11-10 13:50"
tags: ["ai-security", "bug-bounty", "microsoft", "ciso", "roundup", "security-budgets", "google-vrp"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4716"
lang: en
---

# Cyber budgets still growing (but not fast enough), ‘AI and automation are operational imperatives’, the real-world impact of boosting Bug Bounty rewards – OffSec roundup for CISOs

## Summary

CISO roundup: cyber budgets grow but remain insufficient; Google's bounty boost tripled critical reports; Microsoft's 2025 Digital Defense Report flags AI and automation as operational imperatives.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** yeswehack.com
- **Published:** 2025-11-10 13:50
- **Original:** https://www.yeswehack.com/news/cyber-budgets-ai-automation-rewards-volume
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4716