Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

BDO are committed to addressing and reporting security issues through a coordinated and constructive approach

This Website (the 'Website') and its contents are owned (unless indicated otherwise) by BDO Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Jersey, registration number 103834, having its registered office at Windward House, La Route de la Liberation, St Helier, Jersey JE1 1BG and BDO Limited, a private limited company incorporated in Guernsey, registration number CMP29684, having its registered office at Second floor Floor, Plaza House, Elizabeth Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 2HU, Guernsey.
These two companies form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Reference to "BDO", "we", "our", "us" in this policy and elsewhere in this Website is to the two companies referred to above. They are members of BDO International, a separate legal entity. No member of BDO International is in partnership with any other member.

BDO are committed to addressing and reporting security issues through a coordinated and constructive approach designed to provide the greatest protection for BDO customers, partners, staff and all Internet users.

A security vulnerability is a weakness in our systems or services that may compromise their security. This policy applies to security vulnerabilities discovered anywhere by both BDO staff and by others using our services. The responsibility for this policy is with the senior management team of BDO who will review it on an annual process. All day-to-day staff must follow this policy and will receive regular training on how to follow it.

Reporting vulnerabilities:

If you believe you have discovered a vulnerability in one of our services or have a security incident to report, please email disclosure@bdoci.com or fill out the contact form.

Once we have received a vulnerability report, BDO takes a series of steps to address the issue:

  1. We will provide prompt acknowledgement of receipt of your report of the vulnerability
  2. We request the reporter keep any communication regarding the vulnerability confidential
  3. We will work with you to understand and investigate the vulnerability
  4. We will provide a timeframe for addressing the vulnerability.
  5. We will notify you once the vulnerability has been resolved, to allow retesting by the reporter if needed.
  6. We publicly announce the vulnerability in the release notes of the update. We may also issue additional public announcements, for example via social media.
  7. Release notes (and blog posts when issued) will include a reference to the person/people who reported the vulnerability, unless the reporter(s) would prefer to stay anonymous.

We will endeavour to keep the reporter apprised of every step in this process as it occurs.

We greatly appreciate the efforts of security researchers and discoverers who share information on security issues with us, giving us a chance to improve our services, and better protect our customers. In line with general responsible disclosure good practice, we ask that security researchers:

  • Allow BDO an opportunity to correct a vulnerability within a reasonable time period before publicly disclosing the identified issue.
  • Provide sufficient detail about the vulnerability to allow us to investigate successfully including steps required to reproduce the issue.
  • We appreciate the use of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System when reporting a vulnerability
  • Do not modify or delete data or take actions that would impact on BDO customers.
  • Do not carry out social engineering exercises or to attempt to find weaknesses in the physical security of our offices or other locations.