Show Notes / Recap
Guest: Alex Rice — Co-Founder & CTO, HackerOne
Host: Nate Lee — CISO and Founder, Cloudsec.ai
Topic: How transparency and openness create stronger security cultures and trust across the ecosystem
Episode Overview
In this episode of the TPRM Podcast — Threats, Pitfalls & Risk Myths, Nate and Alex explore what it means to build security through transparency.
Alex shares lessons learned from pioneering the bug-bounty and vulnerability-disclosure movement, and how openness between companies and the hacker community has reshaped modern security. Together they discuss why trust beats control, how transparency fuels better outcomes, and why feedback from external researchers is one of the most powerful forces for improvement.
Key Takeaways
- Transparency drives better security outcomes than secrecy.
- Collaboration between hackers & enterprises builds lasting trust.
- Openness helps organizations learn faster and respond smarter.
- Security leaders must embrace accountability to scale safely.
- Trust is built by listening — not hiding.