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An Overview of the NIST NVD Backlog Debacle: Cybersecurity Company Brought in on a Five-Year, $125M Contract to Assist

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In February 2024, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) attributed an increase in volume and structural changes in “interagency support” as the reasons behind a backlog of vulnerabilities analyzed in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), which NIST operates, as “the organization struggled to process waves of new vulnerabilities.”  Following is a tick-tock of the NIST NVD debacle, including the recent contract award to Maryland-based cybersecurity company Analygence to address the backlog.    

Jonathan Greig over at The Record has been doing bang-up coverage of this story: 

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About Daniel Pereira

Daniel Pereira is research director at OODA. He is a foresight strategist, creative technologist, and an information communication technology (ICT) and digital media researcher with 20+ years of experience directing public/private partnerships and strategic innovation initiatives.