DOT grateful for extra hands that bug bounty program provided, CIO says

FedScoop: Federal agencies are doing all they can to boost their cybersecurity resources, from reskilling employees to incorporating artificial intelligence into their networks. But those strategies — whether they involve developing new specialties or using technology to make a smaller workforce more efficient — have their limitations.

One way to expand the circle cost-effectively is to bring in the public, specifically through bug bounty programs, as the military has done with Hack the Pentagon. CIOs in civilian agencies have taken notice and started their own programs, said Department of Transportation CIO Vicki Hildebrand Thursday.

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