
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently made a significant decision affecting the cybersecurity landscape by marking all Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) published before January 1, 2018, as “Deferred” in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). This move impacts over 20,000 entries and potentially up to 100,000, signaling that these CVEs will no longer be prioritized for










