EU wants to support bedrock cyber vulnerability program, top official says

The European Union wants to assist with and help modernize a cornerstone cyber cataloging program after a contracting scare last year prompted renewed discussions and concerns over how to sustain the vulnerability-tracking system relied upon by hundreds of thousands of security practitioners worldwide.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program faced a contracting fiasco last spring when MITRE, the non-profit research giant that funds much of the program’s functions, warned of an imminent end to federal backing for the project. The matter was addressed within hours amid outcry from the cybersecurity community.

The EU wants to help “build upon” the foundation of the program and “the great work that has been done there,” Hans de Vries, the chief cybersecurity and operational officer for the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, or ENISA, said Thursday at the RSAC Conference in California. 

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