Bug Bounty Program is becoming more popular in Japan

Sprout, the cybersecurity firm in Japan has launched BugBounty.jp, which is the first bug bounty program in Japan designed to Japanese companies.

Sprout, the cybersecurity firm in Japan has launched BugBounty.jp (https://bugbounty.jp/), which is the first bug bounty platform in Japan designed to Japanese companies easily run bug bounty programs, and get helps from white hat hackers around the world.
Officially launched in March 2016, BugBounty.jp runs bug bounty programs for leading companies in Japan like Baidu, gumi and pixiv. The website is available in English and Japanese, making it easy to white hat hackers around the world report vulnerabilities in English to Japanese companies running programs on the platform. Currently BugBounty.jp has more than 100 registered white hat hackers.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – Bug Bounty Program, Japan)

Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.