Appdome has announced that Bugcrowd, the only multi-solution crowdsourced cybersecurity platform, has joined its new Mobile App Defense Project, a community program aimed at improving mobile DevSecOps for everyone.
According to a statement, this collaboration aims to create a more secure mobile app economy, raise the bar on mobile app defence, and provide rapid, validated, continuous cyber and anti-fraud solutions for all mobile applications globally.
As mobile application use and revenues continue to rise dramatically, mobile application security testing is a hot topic and fast emerging discipline in the economic landscape, the company states.
Cyber threats, attacks, tools, methods, and techniques targeting Android and iOS apps, infrastructures, and users continue to evolve and proliferate. The Mobile App Defense Project is designed to harness the collective strength of the global pen testing community to provide state-of-the-art cybersecurity, anti-fraud, anti-malware, and other solutions in mobile applications worldwide.
Dave Gerry, CEO of Bugcrowd, says, "Sophisticated threat actors are targeting mobile applications relentlessly. By collaborating in Appdomes Mobile App Defense Project with Bugcrowd's proven expertise in crowdsourced security, together, we are helping organisations adopt mobile applications with comprehensive protection against vulnerabilities."
"This collaboration exemplifies our shared commitment to driving excellence in mobile app security and our dedication to staying ahead of threat actors before they strike."
Through this program, Appdome will collaborate with Bugcrowd, known for its expertise in identifying exploits and vulnerabilities, and conducting rigorous security assessments of mobile applications.
By integrating the services and recommendations provided by Bugcrowd, Appdome aims to streamline cybersecurity delivery for all mobile apps.
Tom Tovar, CEO of Appdome, comments, "Bugcrowd's multi-solution cybersecurity platform has always impressed me. I love the agility and speed of delivery that Bugcrowd offers and that matches our ethos of getting cyber and anti-fraud defences out in the mobile app economy fast."
As a community project, Appdome will also contribute its cyber and threat research to the community, as well as fund education, awareness, and other programs to benefit mutual customers and the broad cyber community defending mobile brands, businesses, and users.
Bugcrowd offers a patented AI-powered Security Knowledge Platform, built on a repository of vulnerabilities, assets, and hacker profiles curated over a decade. The company's network of hackers brings expertise to uncover hidden weaknesses, adapting swiftly to evolving threats, even against zero-day exploits.
Bugcrowd is focused on creating a new era of modern crowdsourced security that outpaces threat actors with collective ingenuity and confidence.
Appdome is focsued on protecting every mobile app in the world and the people who use mobile apps in their lives and at work. Appdome provides the mobile application Cyber Defense Automation platform, powered by a patented articial-intelligence based coding engine, Threat-Events Threat-Aware UX/UI Control and ThreatScope Mobile XDR.
Using Appdome, mobile brands are able to reduce complexity and deliver 300+ Certified Secure mobile app security, anti-malware, anti-fraud, MOBILEBot Defense, anti-cheat, MiTM attack prevention, code obfuscation and other protections in Android and iOS apps with ease, all inside the mobile DevOps and CI/CD pipeline.
Financial, healthcare, mobile games, government and m-commerce brands use Appdome to protect Android and iOS apps, mobile customers and mobile businesses globally.