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 http://www.kerrang.com/ - more info: https://securitytxt.org/
# (required) Contact email address for security issues
Contact: daniel.howells@gmail.com

# (required) Expiration date for the security information herein
Expiration: 2026-06-10T05:12:47+01:00

# (optional) OpenPGP key:
Encryption: http://www.kerrang.com/pgp-key.txt

# (optional) Security policy page:
Policy: http://www.kerrang.com/security-policy

# (optional) Security acknowledgements page:
Acknowledgements: http://www.kerrang.com/hall-of-fame