HackerOne Acquires PullRequest

HackerOne acquired PullRequest, the pioneer of code-review-as-a-service.PullRequest’s technology and code reviewers will enable developer-first security testing solutions.

These changes will ultimately help customers release trustworthy software faster by embedding expert security reviewers within their SDLC.

Security remains a show stopper as organization race to remain competitive in an increasingly digital world. Nearly half of developers feel more responsibility for security as their organizations prioritize security earlier in the SDLC.

Code-review-as-a-service enables developers to identify issues faster with direct real-time feedback to make better code changes so high-quality, secure code ships to production.

PullRequest offers code review to its customers via its reviewer community of senior-level developers, with expertise spanning platforms, from web to mobile, and all common coding languages and frameworks including React, Python, and Node. All reviewers are extensively background checked, evaluated for aptitude, and hold years of experience as software engineers at leading technology companies in Silicon Valley.

The acquisition builds upon HackerOne’s focus on reducing their customers’ attack resistance gap the space between what organizations can defend and what they need to defend by offering software testing closer to development.