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.

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Canonical: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/.well-known/security.txt
Contact: mailto:security@ncsc.gov.uk
Preferred-Languages: en
Encryption: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/ncsc_public_2026-09-11_3446EC55.asc
Policy: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/vulnerability-reporting
Expires: 2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
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