Hackrate

Hackrate is a European cybersecurity company that operates a crowdsourced ethical hacking platform. Founded by Balázs Pózner and Levente Molnár, who had previously worked together in IT security, the company was built on their combined experience in ethical hacking, penetration testing, and bug bounty programs. The platform connects organizations with a global community of independent, motivated ethical hackers, aiming to make the internet a safer place while giving hackers an opportunity to expand their skills and earn money. Hackrate positions itself as a provider of "Crowdsourced Security Made Easy. With Complete Control." Its offering emphasizes professional triagers, quality at every step, fair rewards, and human mediation. The company markets its approach as a way to gain transparency in cybersecurity testing through continuous security testing, and it highlights HackGATE™, described as the industry's first completely managed ethical hacker gateway solution for managing and monitoring ethical hacker projects. The company serves organizations of various sizes, including SMBs, startups, corporates, and government entities. Its services span managed bug bounty, managed vulnerability disclosure, traditional pentest, crowdsourced pentest, continuous pentest, and attack surface management, all delivered through one centralized Ethical Hacking Platform. Hackrate combines expert-led penetration testing with controlled crowdsourced security testing, positioning human expertise alongside platform precision. Hackrate reports strong customer satisfaction, citing a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 96, which places it in the "Excellent" category. It also states that it is recognized as one of the top-rated solutions on G2, with high scores for support quality and ease of doing business. The company says it is trusted by great companies worldwide and has been featured in various media. As a private company, Hackrate operates primarily from Hungary and serves clients across Europe and globally. Its founders bring deep industry backgrounds: CEO Balázs Pózner, a security and safety engineering graduate, previously worked at Erste Bank, KPMG, Quadron, and Deloitte, while CTO Levente Molnár is an active bug hunter who has reported bugs to organizations including the US Department of Defense, Adobe, Logitech, BMW, and Sony, and has worked on international projects in Kuwait and Oman.

Hackrate was founded in Europe by cybersecurity professionals Balázs Pózner and Levente Molnár, who had previously worked together in IT security. The platform was developed based on their experiences in ethical hacking, penetration testing, and bug bounty programs. The founders' backgrounds include work at Erste Bank, KPMG, Quadron, and Deloitte for Pózner, and bug bounty reports to organizations such as the US Department of Defense, Adobe, Logitech, BMW, and Sony for Molnár, as well as international ethical hacking projects in Kuwait and Oman. The company was established with the goal of creating a leading ethical hacker platform with a strong hacker community. Its stated mission is to build a platform that ethical hackers love to use, providing them with opportunities to expand their skills while earning money, and ultimately to help make the internet a safer place. Hackrate developed HackGATE™, described as the industry's first completely managed ethical hacker gateway solution, which allows organizations to manage and monitor ethical hacker projects with complete control. The platform emphasizes professional triagers, quality at every step, fair rewards, and human mediation. Over time, Hackrate expanded its service portfolio to include managed bug bounty, managed vulnerability disclosure, traditional pentest, crowdsourced pentest, continuous pentest, and attack surface management, all delivered through a centralized Ethical Hacking Platform. The company serves SMBs, startups, corporates, and government entities. Hackrate has received recognition on G2, where it is described as one of the top-rated solutions with high scores for support quality and ease of doing business. The company reports a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 96, placing it in the "Excellent" category for customer satisfaction. It states that it is trusted by great companies worldwide and has been featured in media.

• Hackrate founded in Europe by Balázs Pózner and Levente Molnár.

• HackGATE™, described as the industry's first completely managed ethical hacker gateway solution, introduced.

• Expanded service portfolio to six security services including managed bug bounty, managed VDP, traditional pentest, crowdsourced pentest, continuous pentest, and attack surface management.

• Recognized on G2 as one of the top-rated solutions with high support quality and ease of doing business scores.

Crowdsourced security made easy with complete control, combining expert-led penetration testing with controlled crowdsourced security testing through one centralized Ethical Hacking Platform.

• Managed Bug Bounty

  Continuously engage Hackrate's ethical hacker community to identify high-impact vulnerabilities through a managed, reward-based program.

• Managed Vulnerability Disclosure

  Give security researchers a secure, structured way to report potential vulnerabilities while Hackrate manages intake and validation.

• Traditional Pentest

  A confidential, time-bound penetration test performed exclusively by Hackrate's internal cybersecurity team, with PDF or platform-based reporting.

• Crowdsourced Pentest

  An invitation-only assessment performed by selected Elite Ethical Hackers for organizations seeking diverse perspectives and creative black-box testing.

• Continuous Pentest

  A 12-month security-testing framework combining monthly planning, internal pentester capacity, optional Elite Ethical Hacker testing, and more.

• Attack Surface Management

  Service to manage and monitor an organization's attack surface as part of the centralized Ethical Hacking Platform.

• HackGATE™

  The industry's first completely managed ethical hacker gateway solution for managing and monitoring ethical hacker projects.

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