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

Former CISA official Bob Lord, Chief Cybersecurity and Operational Officer for the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity Hans de Vries, House Homeland Security Committee staffer Moira Bergin, and Shareholder and Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice Group Co-Lead at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Mike McLaughlin speak with Nextgov/FCW reporter David DiMolfetta at RSAC March 26. Francesca Spidalieri

SAN FRANCISCO — 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 ...