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CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract
MITRE’s 25-year-old Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program will end April 16 after DHS did not renew its funding contract for reasons unspecified. Experts say ending the program, which served as the crux for most cybersecurity defense programs, is a tragedy.
However, sources say that compared to the budget cuts made elsewhere in the federal government, the expense of running the CVE program are minor and “won’t break the bank.” “It’s difficult to speculate on what services could be impacted reading the note from MITRE,” Patrick Garrity, a security researcher at threat intelligence firm Vulncheck, told CSO. Although CISA’s contract with the MITRE Corporation will lapse after April 16, we are urgently working to mitigate impact and to maintain CVE services on which global stakeholders rely.”
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