Hacking Policy Council

What We Do

Ethical hacking, vulnerability disclosure, AI red teaming, and penetration testing improve security for consumers, enterprises, and society. However, outdated laws create restrictions and liability for these practices, and emerging legal requirements on vulnerability management are not always clear or in the best interests of security. There continues to be a lack of awareness and effective adoption of best practice, and policymakers have not implemented practical solutions to protect and encourage vulnerability disclosure and management.

Key goals of the Hacking Policy Council

Create a more favorable legal environment for vulnerability management and disclosure, bug bounties, AI red teaming, good faith security research, and pentesting;
Grow collaboration between the security, business, and policymaking communities;
Prevent new legal restrictions on security research, pentesting, AI red teaming, or vulnerability disclosure and management; and
Strengthen organizations’ resilience through effective adoption of vulnerability disclosure policies and security researcher engagement.

Our Work - 2024

Our Work - 2023

Who We Are

The Hacking Policy Council is a group of experts dedicated to creating a more favorable legal, policy, and business environment for good faith security research, penetration testing, independent repair for security, and vulnerability disclosure and management.