Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Maryland cybersecurity firm Analygence with a $865,657 task order to help the ...

A leading U.S.-managed database of cybersecurity vulnerabilities has a processing backlog so extensive that, at current rates, it likely won’t be cleared up until early 2025, a new analysis shows. The ...

As the agency’s vulnerability database buckles under a flood of submissions, it’s planning to shift some responsibilities to other parties.

More than 100 days after the National Vulnerability Database all but ceased validating the severity of vulnerability reports, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up ...

Since 2005, the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) has been posting details about the hundreds of daily common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) discovered by security researchers from around ...

Maryland-based security firm Analygence has landed the job of helping the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reduce mounting backlog of entries in the US National Vulnerability ...

The US government has begun an audit of its National Vulnerability Database (NVD) to ensure its team can catch up with the vulnerability backlog. In a May 20 memo, the US Department of Commerce’s ...

A crisis at the key US service for ranking vulnerabilities has been fueled by short resources and an explosion of security flaws as the volume of software production increases. Backlogs at the US ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has opened a new front in the battle to keep confidential information secure. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a ...

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks during a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 30, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images for RIAA) A bipartisan Senate bill ...

The EU has launched a new alternative to the US-led CVE vulnerability database, offering European security teams a decentralized backup amid funding and continuity concerns.