A vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP), also referred to as a responsible disclosure policy, describes how an organization will handle reports of vulnerabilities submitted by ethical hackers. A VDP must thus be easily identifiable via a simple way, a security.txt notice.

# security.txt file for https://aub.ac.uk/ - more info: https://securitytxt.org/
# (required) Contact email address for security issues
Contact: hello@madebymutual.com

# (required) Expiration date for the security information herein
Expiration: 2026-05-04T03:03:31+01:00

# (optional) OpenPGP key:
Encryption: https://aub.ac.uk/pgp-key.txt

# (optional) Security policy page:
Policy: https://aub.ac.uk/security-policy

# (optional) Security acknowledgements page:
Acknowledgements: https://aub.ac.uk/hall-of-fame