Huntress Donates to Threat Research Group

Huntress is donating $100,000 to the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD), a platform supported by volunteers for security researchers to report vulnerabilities.

DIVD played an important role in a number of high-profile incidents over the last year, Huntress said.

The donation is being used in two ways. Half will support DIVD’s continued growth, enabling the group to hire its first full-time staff and do more work. The other half will be used to start a DIVD-led bug bounty program to create a financial incentive for individuals to effectively disclose vulnerabilities and discoveries specific to MSP and SMB IT tools.

Kyle Hanslovan is Huntress‘ CEO and co-founder.

“After the difficult year this industry had in 2021, we’re looking for new ways to support MSP and SMB cybersecurity outside of the work we’re already doing,” he said. “DIVD is an excellent organization and it was a no-brainer to support their mission and this new bug bounty program. We’re hoping our contributions represent the start of a broader community effort that’ll include many vendors and industry leaders. There’s a lot we can do, whether it’s contributing financially, increasing focus on code quality, ramping up cybersecurity education, etc.”

There aren’t enough incentives for bug bounties and security research within the MSP/SMB community today, Hanslovan said.

“And skilled researchers are instead poking holes in software from places like Apple and Microsoft where they know they’ll be paid well for their efforts,” he said. “DIVD is trying to help balance the scales a bit and create that incentive for our community.”