The article emphasizes the critical importance of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database in global cybersecurity efforts. It discusses the alarming situation under President Trump's leadership where funding cuts targeted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which oversees the CVE. As a result, the CVE contract's renewal was delayed until the last moment, leading to potential chaos in cybersecurity communication. Former CISA director Jen Easterly stresses that without a unified system, vulnerabilities become harder to address, putting both security teams and broader cybersecurity at risk.
"It's the global catalog that helps everyone - security teams, software vendors, researchers, governments - organize and talk about vulnerabilities using the same reference system."
"Without it, everyone is using a different catalog or no catalog at all, no one knows if they're talking about the same problem, and defenders waste precious time figuring out what's wrong."
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