Hackrate

Hackrate, operating under the legal entity HACKRATE Kft. and registered in Hungary, is a crowdsourced cybersecurity testing company that connects organizations with a vetted community of ethical hackers. The company built its platform to make continuous security testing transparent and controllable, addressing the difficulty many organizations face in monitoring external researchers during bug bounty and penetration testing engagements.

Its core product, HackGATE, is a managed gateway that logs and controls ethical hacker activity across engagements, underpinning three services: Managed Bug Bounty programs, Penetration Testing as a Service, and managed vulnerability disclosure policies. Customers include healthcare platform Xund, CMS provider Craft CMS, K&H Bank, Liferay, fraud-prevention firm SEON, JupiterOne, and Lensing, and Hackrate has been recognized as Hungary’s first CVE Numbering Authority.

1. Managed Bug Bounty: runs continuous vulnerability discovery programs with vetted ethical hackers.

2. Penetration Testing as a Service: delivers on-demand, scoped security assessments.

3. HackGATE: gives clients real-time visibility and control over hacker activity during engagements.

4. Managed vulnerability disclosure: provides a structured channel for external researchers to report issues.

5. Vetted hacker community: matches engagements with researchers screened for skill and reliability.

6. CVE Numbering Authority status: enables direct assignment of CVE identifiers for disclosed vulnerabilities.