Bugcrowd, a provider of crowdsourced security solutions, has partnered with Brussels-based company Pretera. The goal is to provide organisations in the Benelux region with continuous vulnerability analysis and red teaming services.

Pretera specialises in manual security testing such as red teaming, penetration testing and adversary simulations. The company works for financial institutions, healthcare organisations, critical infrastructure operators and government agencies. The cooperation expands this service portfolio with access to Bugcrowd’s platform. This enables the operation of managed bug bounty programmes and vulnerability disclosure programmes (VDP) with the support of a global pool of verified security researchers.

A key component is the triage process, which prioritises and evaluates vulnerabilities and documents them for customers. This enables the transition from one-off tests to continuous monitoring. ‘Bug bounties and VDPs add a permanent component to selective assessments such as penetration tests,’ explains Dardan Prebreza, co-founder and head of security services at Pretera.

The collaboration combines two approaches: in-depth, manual analysis by Pretera and continuous, distributed testing via the Bugcrowd platform. This provides companies with both accurate attack simulations and ongoing monitoring for new vulnerabilities.

According to Bugcrowd, the partnership is part of a global strategy to integrate regional specialists into the platform. ‘The addition of Pretera allows us to combine local expertise in the Benelux region with a global testing infrastructure,’ said Jacques Lopez, VP Global Channel and Alliances at Bugcrowd.

This collaboration provides organisations in highly regulated sectors such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing and the public sector with new options for continuous vulnerability analysis, both through targeted attack simulations and broad, distributed testing.