https://academic.oup.com/cybersecurity/article/7/1/tyab007/6168453?login=true

Firstly, the article dives into the shortage of cybersecurity professionals, secondly, it addresses how businesses that suffer from a data breaches can lead to their downfall. Therefore, the employment of freelancers by enterprises to find bugs that highlight vulnerabilities within their companies. The author highlights that the goal of the study is to prove the claim of bug bounties providing improvement of cybersecurity in organizations. Their findings indicate that the usage of bug bounties are effective tools for companies of all sizes but depending on the field that the company presides in will determine their impact or results that bug bounties find.