The US government continued to sharply reduce budgets and personnel, but one cybersecurity service, at least temporarily avoided the beat. A The database controlled by the non -profit Miter Corp will receive 11 months of federal support. The representative of the Cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, the parent agency finances the MITRE database, said that the department took advantage of the “optional period in the contract to make sure that there will be no pass in the critical services of CVE. This news was an announcement of the eleventh hour, since federal financing of the project was planned Today.
This CVE database identifies and monitors the vulnerabilities of cybersecurity, and it is regularly used by IT professionals. It offers a standardized approach that allows you to quickly share complex and technical information about potential problems between companies and organizations around the world.
“We appreciate the overwhelming support of these programs, which were expressed by the global cyber community, industry and the government over the past 24 hours,” said Josri Barsum, vice -president and director of the Miter Center for the Parents.