Summary Bullets:

• The foundations of the cybersecurity industry shook as the CVE program is nearly ended over short-sighted budget considerations.

• It is hard to convey how crucial the CVE system is worldwide.

This news was kept in the dark. If it would not have been for a leak of an internal memo to social media, it would have hit the cybersecurity landscape like a musket ball to the forehead. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system is a load-bearing piece of the world’s cybersecurity infrastructure, and it was still perilously close to being suspended. The current US administration’s FIRE – READY – AIM approach to cost cutting was to blame for what could have been a catastrophic loss.

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