Re: Americans: that clueless cretin you elected just killed the CVE program :-(

On 4/18/2025 10:24 AM, chrisq wrote:

On 4/16/25 13:17, Simon Clubley wrote:

Read for yourself:
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/homeland_security_funding_for_cve/

                                      and why do so many people think the
taxpayer should fund everything ?.

It does not have to. I assume it has been so for historic
reasons.
But I think this is one case where the taxpayers get a lot
of bang for the buck.
The CVE program has a significant impact on security at
US federal system, US state and local systems, US private
companies, US citizens and same for other countries including
close US allies.
And at a cost of approx. 50 M$ per year for running the program.
The global cost of cybersecurity incidents are estimated
at 10 T$.
It is a bargain.
I am pretty sure there are many other programs with more
questionable value.
Arne