Security News > 2020 > May > Microsoft: We'll give you $100,000 if you can hack our Azure Sphere IoT platform
Secure World is part of Microsoft's operating environment for applications that run on Azure Sphere devices that executes Microsoft security code.
"Sylvie Liu, security program manager for Microsoft Security Response Center, said:"While Azure Sphere implements security upfront and by default, Microsoft recognizes security is not a one-and-done event.
"Risks need to be mitigated consistently over the lifetime of a constantly growing array of devices and services. Engaging the security research community to research for high-impact vulnerabilities before the bad guys do is part of the holistic approach Azure Sphere is taking to minimize the risk."
Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge, the bounty program forms an expansion of Microsoft's Azure Security Lab, announced at Black Hat in August 2019 as a set of dedicated cloud environments for security researchers to test vulnerabilities in Azure.
The latest research challenge is focused on the Azure Sphere OS only, said Liu: vulnerabilities found in the Cloud portion of Microsoft's Azure platform may be eligible for the public Azure Bounty Program awards.