In a dramatic turn of events, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has stepped in to save the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program from potential disruption, announcing an 11-month contract extension just in time.
The move has breathed new life into the critical vulnerability tracking initiative, ensuring its continued operation and averting a potentially disastrous disruption to the global cybersecurity landscape.
On April 15, the cybersecurity community discovered in a letter signed by Yosry Barsoum, vice president of MITRE a US-based non-profit, that the US government was not going to renew the organization’s contract to manage the CVE and Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) programs. The contract was set to expire on April 16.
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