MITRE Makes CVE Program Independent After U.S. Government Funding Expires ⇥ krebsonsecurity.com

Brian Krebs:

A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix security vulnerabilities in software and hardware is in danger of breaking down. The federally funded, non-profit research and development organization MITRE warned today [April 15] that its contract to maintain the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program — which is traditionally funded each year by the Department of Homeland Security — expires on April 16.

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Update, April 16, 11:00 a.m. ET: The CVE board today announced the creation of non-profit entity called The CVE Foundation that will continue the program’s work under a new, unspecified funding mechanism and organizational structure.

I do not love how I am learning how many critical things worldwide are dependent on an increasingly unstable U.S. government.