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title: Vulnerability Disclosure and security.txt
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## Vulnerability Disclosure

In the Cabinet Office, including GDS, the [Cyber Security team] run a
The [Cabinet Office Cyber Security team] runs a
vulnerability disclosure programme with [HackerOne] and [NCC Group] to triage
reports from security researchers.
reports from security researchers. This is not a sign post for security researchers
to 'hack' our systems; we advocate secure disclosure so we can find out about issues
and fix them before they cause a security incident.

This is not a sign post for security researchers to 'hack' our systems; we want
to advocate secure disclosure so we can find out about issues and fix them
before they cause a security incident.

GOV.UK hosts the security policy:
The public security policy is here:
<https://www.gov.uk/help/report-vulnerability>

GDS services are within scope of this programme and should participate by:

- publishing a [`security.txt`](#security.txt)
- having a plan for how you would respond to a vulnerability notification (triage, escalation, etc.).

## security.txt
A `security.txt` file is a way of telling researchers how to get in contact with
us. As per the current policy, we only accept reports from services that have a
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[Cyber Security team]: https://sites.google.com/cabinetoffice.gov.uk/cybersecurity
[Cabinet Office Cyber Security team]: https://sites.google.com/cabinetoffice.gov.uk/cybersecurity
[HackerOne]: https://www.hackerone.com
[NCC Group]: https://www.nccgroup.com
[security policy]: https://www.gov.uk/help/report-vulnerability
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