The Researcher Association question gives you the option to require a researcher to self-identify their relationship to your company, when submitting a vulnerability through the submission form.
Researchers will have the options to self-identify as:
- Not Related: Not related to your organization.
- Customer: A customer of your organization.
- Employee: An employee of your organization.
- Vendor: A vendor of your organization.
- Supplier: A supplier of your organization.
If you enable the Researcher Association question, it will reflect as a required field on the submission form.
Enabling Researcher Association
To enable Researcher Association, follow these steps:
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Select a security program from the Go to Security Program or Engagement drop-down.
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Go to Settings and click the Submissions tab.
The Fields and settings page will appear.
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Scroll down to the Researcher Association section, and enable the Enable researcher association toggle key.
A pop-up Enabled researcher association is displayed.
Disabling Researcher Association
To disable Researcher Association, follow these steps:
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Select a security program from the Go to Security Program or Engagement drop-down.
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Go to Settings and click the Submissions tab.
The Fields and settings page will appear.
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Scroll down to the Researcher Association section, and disable the Enable researcher association toggle keys.
A pop-up Disabled researcher association is displayed.
