MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will become the first government agency to pilot the national Bug Bounty Program (BBP), an initiative led by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) that invites ethical hackers to identify security vulnerabilities in government systems. During a meeting at the DSWD central office, the DICT, through its Cybersecurity Bureau, announced that the DSWD would serve as the “first government agency to pilot the BBP,” placing the department “at the forefront of implementing collaborative cybersecurity mechanisms within the public sector.” DICT Cybersecurity Undersecretary Julius Gorospe led the delegation […]... Keep on reading: Ethical hackers to help DSWD fix security flaws