While my day-to-day involvement with Bugcrowd is scaling back a bit, I won't be going far - My commitment to everything we’ve built as a company, and as an industry movement, remains as strong as ever. I'll be representing Bugcrowd at key industry events, working with the team to engage with our breaker and defender communities, and will continue to advocate for policy and standards that advance crowdsourced security through initiatives like Bugcrowd's involvement in the Hacking Policy Council. ICYMI: Several major surgeries over the past four months have given me a lot of time to reflect on the past twelve years of Bugcrowd’s journey, as well as my own personal priorities and next steps. Transitioning to an advisory role allows me the flexibility to contribute to Bugcrowd’s ongoing growth, brand, and innovation, continue to focus on my health and family, and to spend time digging into the next thing/s.For those of who've reached out with well wishes during my surgery and recovery... Thank you. I’ve been touched by your messages and check-ins, they make an incredible difference. While recovery has been slower and more circuitous than I'd hoped, I am very happy to say that the surgeries were successful and I’ve since received a clean bill of cardiac health.

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Stepping into the role of Chief Strategy Officer at Bugcrowd marks a new chapter in driving the company and the cybersecurity industry forward. As the founder, my journey has been about pioneering a billion-dollar industry, and now the focus shifts to advancing our strategic direction in innovation, public policy, and community.Innovation and pioneering leadership has always been a cornerstone of our success. I will be working hand-in-hand with our product and engineering teams to keep the wheels of creativity turning, ensuring that we stay ahead of the curve with new, transformative security solutions that continue to reveal the true potential of the crowd, our platform, our ML and AI capabilities, and the 10 years of builder/breaker data that lies beneath.I'm excited to dive deeper into driving the strategic direction and value for Bugcrowd's community... After all, #ittakesacrowd. The role includes nurturing relationships within the hacker, cybersecurity practitioner leadership, and policy spheres, and Bugcrowd's commitment to delivering value to customers, hackers, and employees. These ideas are core to Bugcrowd's beliefs, products, and overall success, and ensure Bugcrowd's continued reputation as the innovator and leader in the industry.The new role also dives deeper into public policy, collaborating with the Hacking Policy Council, Department of Home Affairs in Australia, and the Office of the National Cyber Director in the US. Our goal is to amplify the Bugcrowd community's voice - encompassing hackers, defenders, CISOs, and cybersecurity practitioners - in key policy-making discussions and at pivotal forums like DEFCON's Policy Village.

The pioneers in crowdsourced cybersecurity. Vulnerability disclosure, bug bounty, next-generation penetration testing, and more. Trusted by organizations large and small all over the world. Responsible for technology, product, and market strategy.

Lots of bad guys, lots of different skills, lots of different motivations, and lots of time. That's what your Internet-facing systems are up against right now...The existing solution? An automated tool which doesn't understand that your application is completely different to the last one it tested... or a single expensive consultant which you pay for as long as you can afford. It doesn't add up... No single set of eyes can match the thousands of hackers that are out there. You need lots of eyes... You need a crowd. Bugcrowd runs safe, secure, fully outsourced crowdsourced security programs, where our friendly security researchers are rewarded for finding and reporting security flaws in your business.We're find more bugs, in less time, and for less money. Get in touch casey@bugcrowd.com if you want us to help you level your cybersecurity playing field.

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