Patent Document ID: 9413780
Application ID: 14271119
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A data processing method comprising: inviting a distributed plurality of researchers to participate in one or more computer vulnerability research projects directed to identifying computer vulnerabilities of one or more networks and/or computers that are owned or operated by a third party, wherein a first computing device and a second computing device are associated with different researchers respectively among the plurality of researchers; determining a respective expertise of the researchers of the distributed plurality of researchers; publishing, by a computer, to researchers having the respective expertise of the distributed plurality of researchers, a taxonomy of potential computer vulnerabilities, wherein each particular computer vulnerability in the taxonomy is associated with a range of award values; monitoring by the computer that is communicatively coupled to the first computing device associated with a particular researcher of the distributed plurality of researchers and a network under test among the one or more networks and/or computers, communications between the particular researcher and the particular network under test, wherein the communications relate to attempting to identify a candidate security vulnerability of the particular network under test; in response to a report of the candidate security vulnerability of the particular network under test that is received from the particular researcher, and based upon the taxonomy, determining and providing, by the computer, a particular award value to the particular researcher.