From Zero to Hero: Your Guide to Building a Bug Bounty Program With HackerOne

This document is a HackerOne-oriented guide that explains what a bug bounty program is, outlines its benefits, and provides practical guidance for building and running successful programs—covering trust, scope, stakeholder roles (legal, marketing, security, finance), metrics for maturity, and common challenges to navigate. It emphasizes partnering with HackerOne's Security Advisory Services to access skilled researchers, improve remediation workflows, and derive actionable insights to make security "secure by design."