Purpose

This policy is intended to give security researchers clear guidelines for conducting vulnerability discovery activities directed at Recoup web and mobile properties and submitting discovered vulnerabilities to Recoup.

Overview

Maintaining the security of our networks is a high priority at the Recoup. Our information technologies provide critical services to Recoup members, financial institutions and contractors. Ultimately, our network security ensures that we can accomplish our missions to help consumers.

The security researcher community regularly makes valuable contributions to the security of organizations and the broader Internet, and Recoup recognizes that fostering a close relationship with the community will help improve our own security. So if you have information about a vulnerability in a Recoup website or mobile application, we want to hear from you! Information submitted to Recoup under this policy will be used for defensive purposes – to mitigate or remediate vulnerabilities in our networks or applications, or the applications of our vendors.

This is Recoup’s initial effort to create a positive feedback loop between researchers and Recoup – please be patient as we refine and update the process. Please review, understand, and agree to the following terms and conditions before conducting any testing of Recoup networks and before submitting a report. Thank you.

Scope

Any public-facing website owned, operated, or controlled by Recoup, including web mobile hosted on those sites.

How to Submit a Report

Using the form below, please provide a detailed summary of the vulnerability, including: type of issue; product, version, and configuration of software containing the bug; step-by-step instructions to reproduce the issue; proof-of-concept; impact of the issue; and suggested mitigation or remediation actions, as appropriate.

By clicking “Submit” you are indicating that you have read, understand, and agree to the guidelines described in this policy for the conduct of security research and disclosure of vulnerabilities or indicators of vulnerabilities related to Recoup information systems, and consent to having the contents of the communication and follow-up communications stored on Recoup’s information system.

Guidelines

• Recoup will deal in good faith with researchers who discover, test, and submit vulnerabilities or indicators of vulnerabilities in accordance with these guidelines: Your activities are limited exclusively to – (1) Testing to detect a vulnerability or identify an indicator related to a vulnerability; or (2) Sharing with, or receiving from, Recoup information about a vulnerability or an indicator related to a vulnerability.
• You do no harm and do not exploit any vulnerability beyond the minimal amount of testing required to prove that a vulnerability exists or to identify an indicator related to a vulnerability.
• You avoid intentionally accessing the content of any communications, data, or information transiting or stored on Recoup information system(s) – except to the extent that the information is directly related to a vulnerability and the access is necessary to prove that the vulnerability exists.
• You do not exfiltrate any data under any circumstances.
• You do not intentionally compromise the privacy or safety of Recoup personnel (e.g. civilian employees or military members), or any third parties. You do not intentionally compromise the intellectual property or other commercial or financial interests of any Recoup personnel or entities, or any third parties.
• You do not publicly disclose any details of the vulnerability, indicator of vulnerability, or the content of information rendered available by a vulnerability, except upon receiving explicit written authorization from Recoup.
• You do not conduct denial of service testing.
• You do not conduct social engineering, including spear phishing, of Recoup personnel or contractors.
• You do not submit a high-volume of low-quality reports. If at any point you are uncertain whether to continue testing, please engage with our team.

What You Can Expect From Us

• We take every disclosure seriously and very much appreciate the efforts of security researchers. We will investigate every disclosure and strive to ensure that appropriate steps are taken to mitigate risk and remediate reported vulnerabilities.
• Recoup remains committed to coordinating with the researcher as openly and quickly as possible. This includes: Within three business days, we will acknowledge receipt of your report. Recoup’s security team will investigate the report and may contact you for further information.
• To the best of our ability, we will confirm the existence of the vulnerability to the researcher and keep the researcher informed, as appropriate, as remediation of the vulnerability is underway.
• We want researchers to be recognized publicly for their contributions if that is the researcher’s desire. We will seek to allow researchers to be publicly recognized whenever possible. However, public disclosure of vulnerabilities will only be authorized at the express written consent of Recoup.

Information submitted to Recoup under this policy will be used for defensive purposes – to mitigate or remediate vulnerabilities in our networks or applications, or the applications of our vendors.