Trump administration decides to fund CVE cybersecurity tracker after all

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The government will continue funding the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program. In a statement to The Verge, US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) spokesperson Jared Auchey said it “executed the option period on the contract to ensure there will be no lapse in critical CVE services” last night. On Tuesday, MITRE, the government-funded organization behind the CVE program, warned that its contract to continue managing the system was set to expire on April 16th. The CVE program is used by major companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Intel to identify and track cybersecurity vulnerabilities around the globe. In response, CVE board members announced an initiative to make the program a nonprofit foundation, saying it will “focus solely on continuing the mission of delivering high-quality vulnerability identificat ... Read full article.