Funding restored for crucial cybersecurity program, but uncertainty remains

Federal funding has been restored for a crucial cybersecurity program used by Apple and other tech giants, in a last-minute U-turn. Security experts had described the original decision to remove funding as stupid, dangerous, and chaotic. However, the future of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program remains uncertain, despite its role in helping tech giants identify and fix security holes found in their products … The CVE security program We yesterday summarised the role of the CVE program in providing an easy and efficient way for any individual or organization to report a security vulnerability they have found in any tech product. Once reported, it is assigned a unique ID comprising CVE- followed by the year and a serial number. This allows others to see that the issue has been reported, and to carry out their own investigations to assist the tech company concerned in determining the severity of the problem. Where a vulnerability requires multiple tech companies t ... Read full article.