[Infowarrior] - NVD scope expands

[Richard Forno]

The National Vulnerability Database (NVD, http://nvd.nist.gov
<http://nvd.nist.gov/> ) has expanded its scope to enable organizations to
automate and standardize vulnerability management, security measurement, and
compliance reporting (e.g., FISMA). Thus, NVD now enables organizations to
ensure that information technology assets are configured securely, automate
technical control policy compliance checking, customize secure configuration
requirements, standardize measurement of low level vulnerabilities, and
integrate vulnerability and product databases using a standards based
approach.

A full announcement is attached that describes the new services and how
organizations can benefit from these services. We hope that the information
technology security industry and security professionals take advantage of
the expanded services. Please do not hesitate to provide any feedback to
nvd at nist.gov.


Peter Mell
National Vulnerability Database Program Manager
NIST Computer Security Division
301-975-5572
nvd at nist.gov
http://nvd.nist.gov <http://nvd.nist.gov/>