{"id":92550,"date":"2026-03-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=92550"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:57:00","slug":"bug-bounty-10-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/bug-bounty-10-year-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce\u2019s Bug Bounty Program Marks a Decade of Building Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Salesforce is celebrating a major milestone in its commitment to security: the 10th anniversary of its Bug Bounty Program<\/a>. Since the program\u2019s inception in 2015, Salesforce has invested over $30.4 million in its partnership with ethical hackers, finding and addressing potential issues before bad actors can exploit them. This collaboration helps identify security gaps, protect customer data, and stay ahead of an ever-evolving threat landscape accelerated by AI<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it matters:<\/strong> As organizations embrace autonomous AI agents<\/a> that make decisions and execute tasks independently, securing these systems is more critical than ever. Bug bounty programs provide a vital layer of defense, allowing companies to tap into global expertise to pressure-test AI agents against potential manipulation and exploitation before those potential exploits have the chance to reach the enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For 10 years, our bug bounty program has helped us build a moat around Salesforce and our customers, and its importance has only grown as agentic AI continues to take off.<\/p>\nPrashant Vadlamudi, SVP of Product Security, Salesforce<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Go deeper:<\/strong> A decade ago, Salesforce was one of the first enterprise companies to launch an invitation-only bug bounty program. Today, the program remains a cornerstone of the company’s cybersecurity posture. By incentivizing researchers to find issues, ranging from traditional coding errors to complex AI logic flaws, Salesforce can proactively issue patches and ensure that trust remains the number one value in the agentic AI<\/a> era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Salesforce perspective:<\/strong> \u201cFor 10 years, our Bug Bounty Program has helped us build a moat around Salesforce and our customers, and its importance has only grown as agentic AI continues to take off,\u201d said Prashant Vadlamudi, SVP of Product Security. \u201cAs AI agents<\/a> become more autonomous in supporting critical business operations, the scrutiny of the ethical hacker community helps us ensure those agents are safe, reliable, and secure. The program helps make the entire digital ecosystem more resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ethical hacker perspective:<\/strong> \u201cSalesforce advances collaboration between internal development teams and bug bounty hunters further than most companies do, creating a symbiosis that improves security across the entire ecosystem. The rise of agentic AI introduces new layers of complexity that make the research challenging, but it is equally rewarding because Salesforce\u2019s security team clearly values our time and skills. Their relationship with the hacker community is truly unique.\u201d \u2014 Alexandro Bindreiter, ethical hacker, Salesforce Bug Bounty Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n