From: CVE Announce List (cvemitre.org)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2006 - 12:20:57 CDT

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CVE-Announce e-newsletter/August 11, 2006
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Contents:

1. Feature Story
2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
4. Also in this Issue
5. Details/Credits + Subscribing and Unsubscribing

FEATURE STORY:

Two Upcoming Events in September

CVE is scheduled to participate in two events in September, the "5th
Annual Cyber Security Executive Summit" and the "IT Security World
Conference & Expo 2006":

* CVE and CWE to present briefing at "5th Annual Cyber Security
Executive Summit"

CVE is scheduled to present a briefing about CVE and CWE at the "5th
Annual Cyber Security Executive Summit" for the financial services
sector on September 13-14, 2006 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York
City, New York, USA. Common Malware Enumeration (CME) is a
community-developed formal list of common software weaknesses that is
based in part on CVE's 18,000+ identifiers.

* CVE to Host Booth at "IT Security World Conference & Expo 2006"

CVE is scheduled to co-host an exhibitor booth at "IT Security World
Conference & Expo 2006" September 25th - 26th, 2006 in San Francisco,
California, USA. The conference will expose CVE, CWE, OVAL, and CME to
security professionals from industry, government, and academia charged
with developing and running their organizations' information security
programs. Organizations listed on the CVE-Compatible Products and
Services section at http://cve.mitre.org/compatible/ are also
exhibiting.

Refer to the CVE Calendar page for event urls. Contact cvemitre.org to
have CVE present a briefing or participate in a panel discussion about
CVE, CWE, OVAL, CME, and/or other vulnerability management topics at
your event.

LINKS:

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

CWE - http://cve.mitre.org/cwe/index.html

OVAL - http://oval.mitre.org

CME - http://cme.mitre.org

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Due to electrical system maintenance the CVE Web site will be
unavailable from 5:00am on Saturday August 19, 2006 through 2:00am on
Sunday August 20th, 2006.

We apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact cvemitre.org with
any comments or concerns.

The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (http://nvd.nist.gov/), which
provides enhanced information about CVE identifiers, will not be
affected.

LINKS:

CVE Web site - http://cve.mitre.org

NVD - http://nvd.nist.gov/

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

* CVE Main Topic of Article in "Healthcare Informatics Online"

* CVE Mentioned in Article about Vulnerabilities in "USA Today"

* CVE Hosts Booth at "Black Hat Briefings 2006"

* 431 CVE Names with Candidate Status Added to CVE List in July

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

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Details/Credits + Subscribing and Unsubscribing

Managing Editor: Steve Christey, Information Security Technical Center.
Writer: Bob Roberge. The MITRE Corporation (www.mitre.org) maintains CVE
and provides impartial technical guidance to the CVE Editorial Board on
all matters related to ongoing development of CVE.

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