Key TakeawaysHackerOne’s own data shows the average pentest surfaces 12 vulnerabilities with 16 percent rated high or critical, while bug bounty programs average a higher 25 percent high or critical rate.Pentests tend to surface more systemic and architectural issues, like…
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