As a part-time hacker and full-time security engineer at Shopify, I’ve learned a lot along the way. One of the biggest takeaways I recognized early on was that I kept returning to programs run by security teams that respected me and my time, were responsive to my reports and inquiries, and were transparent in their communications and disclosures. When I first joined Shopify, we were challenged to scale our team alongside our relatively new bug bounty program. I was excited to bring my insights and improve upon a program that hackers would engage with. Our goal has always been to build upon the success of our hacker-powered security programs with a concerted effort to promote transparency and attract talent. With the extra sets of eyes, we are able to implement more checks and balances to harden our attack surfaces. We attribute much of our success to our work as an […]
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