Bug Bounty Programs with a Supply Chain Focus
Traditional bug bounty programs miss supply chain vulnerabilities. Here's how to design a bounty program that incentivizes researchers to hunt in your dependency chain.
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Traditional bug bounty programs miss supply chain vulnerabilities. Here's how to design a bounty program that incentivizes researchers to hunt in your dependency chain.
Your Terraform code defines your production infrastructure. If an attacker compromises your HCL files, state files, or provider plugins, they do not just get access — they get the keys to rebuild your entire environment on their terms.
Every organization accepts some supply chain risk. The question is whether that acceptance is deliberate and documented or accidental and invisible.
Software provenance answers the question: where did this code come from, who built it, and can I trust it? In 2022, provenance tracking moved from academic concept to practical necessity.
Maven Central is the backbone of the Java ecosystem, serving billions of artifact downloads annually. Its unique trust model and dependency resolution create supply chain risks that Java teams must understand.
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