Dr Marc Fletcher is the CTO of Echobox. Marc holds a PhD in quantum computing from Cambridge University, where he worked at the Cavendish Laboratory. He discovered his passion for machine learning and big data during his PhD after developing a poker AI capable of beating most human opponents. Marc joined Echobox in 2014, as one of the first in the team.
Echobox, the leading publishing automation solution, has made its bug bounty program public for the first time with YesWeHack, the global bug bounty and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) platform. By partnering with YesWeHack to run its bounty programs, Echobox gains access to a global community of 45,000 skilled ethical hackers who will scrutinize and test …
For news publishers in particular, a potentially compromised social media account carries extremely high risk. Protecting real news is an absolute priority for Echobox, and taking our private bug bounty program public is one of many investments we’ve made to ensure the robust security of our platform. Bug bounty programs in particular are highly effective at preventing breaches and ensuring a platform is impenetrable across all aspects of cybersecurity.