Chiba University has established a security bug reporting incentive system on campus in preparation for cyber attacks, which are currently a major social problem.At the same time, with the aim of both improving security and developing human resources, the "Security Bug Hunting Contest" for students has been held since December 2016, 12.This is the first attempt at a domestic university.
The Security Bug Bounty Program is a system that pays bounties to those who discover problems such as security-related bugs and vulnerabilities on websites and networks, and many overseas companies pay a bounty. It has been introduced, and some companies have begun to introduce it in Japan as well.
The "Security Bug Hunting Contest" at Chiba University grants hunter licenses to students who have received training in law, ethics, and technology as part of the security bug bounty system, and students who have become university-approved bug hunters are on campus. Investigate security bugs in information systems.
At the seminar held prior to the start of the contest, Vice President Tetsuya Ishii gave a lecture on law and ethics, and Yosuke Hasegawa, a full-time technical advisor of Secure Sky Technology Co., Ltd., a group specializing in Web security, gave a lecture on technology. Forty-seven students participated and obtained a hunter license.
Students who have obtained a hunter license should search for security bugs and vulnerabilities in information systems and websites, compile a report, and submit it to the organizer for about one month until January 2017, 1. It has become.The report will be reviewed by off-campus cybersecurity experts and awards will be given to the best performers at a later date.
