Certified Bug Bounty Hunter | Red Team Hacker Academy

A Certified Bug Bounty Hunter is a private who knows the nuts and bolts of cybersecurity and is well conversant in finding bugs or flaws. Simply put, a bug bounty hunter tests applications and platforms and appears for bugs that sometimes even the in-house development team fails to identify. Once spotting a bug, these professionals inform the corporate (or the concerned body behind the appliance or the platform) about the bug, and reciprocally, they get paid. The benefits are not always monetary.

The concept of a bug bounty isn't really new — however, in India, it's gained traction over the last decade. A bug bounty hunter is sure to work for one single client or company she/he can work for other companies also, as all they need to try to, is to discover bugs and report. But why don’t companies found out an in-house dedicated bug-hunting team? The reason behind this is often the very fact when there's an enormous number of hackers (white hats) try to seek out a bug, the probabilities are much above the problem would be sorted quickly and more easily. And if you look at it practically, the companies don’t have to pay on a monthly basis to the in-house team, rather they can pay people who would help them uncover all the flaws and award them with benefits.