It hardly needs saying that point-in-time pentesting alone is no longer enough to keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape.
Continuous testing is of course one of Bug Bounty’s biggest strengths, alongside the diversity of the hacker community, its ability, assisted by AI, to uncover vulnerabilities that conventional testing might miss, and its real-world, attacker-led approach.
But don’t just take our word for it. This article brings together insights from YesWeHack customers across different sectors and countries, revealing what they value most about security testing that never stands still:
“Unlike scheduled pentests, Bug Bounty provides real-time coverage – vulnerabilities are found and reported as they emerge. Bug bounty is continuous, dynamic and community-driven. Traditional pentests are time-boxed and scoped tightly – they give you a snapshot. Bug Bounty Programs, on the other hand, run 24/7 and evolve alongside your environment.”
James Cooper, director of product security & Justin Moore, director of IT security, NOV (check out the full interview)
“The main benefit that we have with Bug Bounty is that hunters have a lot of time to test our applications, our APIs and services – so we have the opportunity to have different kinds of vulnerabilities or reports. The difference compared to a pentest is that the Bug Bounty Program seems like an eternal pentest!”
Sebastián Wilke, cybersecurity manager & Christian Gehmlich, red team lead, Banco Galicia (check out the full interview)
“A pentest typically provides a snapshot of the application’s security at that moment. A Bug Bounty, on the other hand, is ongoing and often involves many researchers with different skillsets. It lets us receive real-time feedback on our security as we release new features, rather than waiting for a scheduled test. This makes bug bounties especially valuable for fast-growing, frequently updated platforms like Gong.”
Dean Dunbar, red team lead for offensive security, Gong (check out the full interview)
“In financial services, trust is everything – and even a single weakness can have significant consequences for customer funds, personal data, operational continuity or regulatory obligations. That’s why we invest heavily in a multilayered security strategy combining strong internal controls with continuous, real-world testing.”
Reda Benzair, CPTO, Sogexia (check out the full interview)
“We have the opportunity to have every day, every hour, all across the year, our security improved by the hunters.”
Sandy Dussottier, expert leader in new technologies & AI, Crédit Agricole Personal Finance & Mobility (CAPFM) (check out the full interview)
“YesWeHack is living up to our expectations, because we’re getting certain things that we would not have otherwise managed with the resources we have [such as] the always-on dashboard and real-time understanding of my threat exposure made possible by a continuous testing scenario. Things are changing very fast. Every month or week there is some change in our services, so one pentest cannot be good enough.”
Gaurav Kumar Sharma, assistant director for security architecture & planning, Ooredoo Qatar (check out the full interview)
“Bug Bounty brings the continuous improvement element to security testing. Whether you provide a black- or white-box testing environment, we can continuously test for known and new vulnerabilities alike.”
Eric Evangelista, lead security engineer & cybersecurity & IT team lead, KOMOJU (check out the full interview)
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