Cybersecurity Dive October 4, 2024
The 51 federal civilian agencies involved in the program remediated 872 vulnerabilities last year, up 78% increase from 2022, according to CISA.
Dive Brief:
- Federal civilian agencies triaged more than 7,000 vulnerabilities submitted to the Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Platform in 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Monday in an annual report on the program.
- Federal agencies remediated 872 vulnerabilities last year, a 78% increase from 2022, CISA said in the report. The federal government determined 15% of the vulnerabilities submitted to the VDP Platform last year were valid.
- The program consistently sorts through an increase in critical vulnerabilities. The VDP Platform identified 250 critical vulnerabilities in 2023, a 130% jump from 2022.
Dive Insight:
The increase...