Thursday, September 24, 2009

CVE Announce - September 24, 2009 (opt-in newsletter from the CVE Web site)

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CVE-Announce e-newsletter/September 24, 2009
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Contents:

1. Feature Story
2. Compatible Product Updates
3. UPCOMING EVENT
4. Also in this Issue
5. Details/Credits + Subscribing and Unsubscribing

FEATURE STORY:


CVE Editorial Board Updates

The following new members have been added to the CVE Editorial
Board:

* Art Manion, CERT/CC (Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie
Mellon University)
* Brian Martin, Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
* Tim Keanini, nCircle Network Security, Inc.
* Carsten Eiram, Secunia

LINKS:


CERT/CC - http://www.cert.org

OSVDB - http://www.osvdb.org

nCircle - http://www.ncircle.com

Secunia - http://www.secunia.com

CVE Editorial Board -
http://cve.mitre.org/community/board/index.html


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COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS UPDATE:


Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) has achieved
the second phase of the CVE Compatibility Process for three
products by submitting a CVE Compatibility Questionnaire for JVN
Vulnerability Countermeasure Information Database (JVN iPedia),
and a CVE Compatibility Questionnaire for Filtered Vulnerability
Countermeasure Information Tool (MyJVN). In addition, Japan
Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC)
has achieved the second phase of the CVE Compatibility Process by
submitting a CVE Compatibility Questionnaire for Japan
Vulnerability Notes (JVN).

In Phase 2 of the compatibility process the organization's
completed compatibility requirements evaluation questionnaire is
posted on the CVE Web site while it is evaluated by MITRE as the
final step towards the product or service being registered as
"Officially CVE-Compatible."

For additional information and to review the complete list of all
products and services participating in the compatibility program,
visit the CVE-Compatible Products and Services section.

LINKS:

CVE Compatibility Questionnaire for JVN iPedia -
http://cve.mitre.org/compatible/questionnaires/106.html

CVE Compatibility Questionnaire for MyJVN -
http://cve.mitre.org/compatible/questionnaires/105.html

CVE Compatibility Questionnaire for JVN -
http://cve.mitre.org/compatible/questionnaires/104.html

CVE-Compatible Products and Services section -
http://cve.mitre.org/compatible/


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UPCOMING EVENT:


Making Security Measurable Briefing and Booth at "IT Security
Automation Conference 2009," October 26-29

MITRE is scheduled to present a briefing about Making Security
Measurable (MSM) and host an MSM booth at the U.S. National
Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) "5th Annual IT
Security Automation Conference" on October 26-29, 2009 in
Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The CVE Team is also scheduled to
contribute to the CVE-related workshops.

Visit the CVE Calendar for information on this and other events.


LINKS:

IT Security Automation Conference 2009 -
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/091026.htm

SCAP - http://nvd.nist.gov/scap.cfm

Making Security Measurable - http://measurablesecurity.mitre.org

CVE Calendar - http://cve.mitre.org/news/calendar.html


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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:


* Making Security Measurable Main Topic of Article in "CrossTalk,
The Journal of Defense Engineering"

Read these stories and more news at http://cve.mitre.org/news


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Details/Credits + Subscribing and Unsubscribing

Managing Editor: David Mann, Information Security Technical
Center. Writer: Bob Roberge. The MITRE Corporation (www.mitre.org)
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