The European Parliament has approved budget for Open Source software bug bounty program

The European Parliament has approved budget to improve the EU’s IT infrastructure by extending the free software security audit programme (FOSSA) and by including a bug bounty approach in the programme.

The Commission intends to conduct a small-scale "bug bounty" activity on open-source software with companies already operating in the market.

 

Country: EU

Domains: IG

Stakeholder: European Bodies

Tags: security audit, EU, open source software

Posted on Wednesday 6 December 2017

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