# How do you vet your researchers?

As researchers submit vulnerabilities into public programs, Bugcrowd reviews these researchers more deeply. Our points system also allows us to assess their skill sets and levels of trust. Only researchers that have proven their abilities via public programs get invited into private programs. Researchers from around the world may participate, except for researchers from countries the U.S. has issued export sanctions or other trade restrictions against (ex. North Korea, Iran).

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- Posted at: about 7 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

To verify the identity of researchers based on geographic location, researcher operations rely on NetVerify services. This verification process is available to all Researchers on the Bugcrowd platform. As an additional trust layer, researchers that have demonstrated themselves to be both skilled and professional are invited to complete a confidential criminal background check with Bugcrowd. Using its proprietary algorithm for matching Researchers to programs, CrowdMatch™ combined with extensive verification checks, Bugcrowd has identified an Elite Crowd of Researchers. These skilled penetration testers and white hat hackers are measured in two key areas: Skill and Trust.

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- Posted at: about 7 years ago




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