Altera Authorized as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altera Corporation, the world’s largest independent provider of pure-play FPGA solutions, today announced that it has been authorized by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA).

Becoming a CVE Numbering Authority reinforces Altera's dedication to security best practices and our responsibility to our customers.

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The CVE Program’s mission is to identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. As a newly authorized CNA, Altera is empowered to assign CVE IDs to vulnerabilities within its defined scope and publish CVE records that provide consistent, industry-recognized descriptions of security issues. This designation strengthens Altera’s commitment to transparency and collaboration in cybersecurity, ensuring that customers, partners, and the broader technology community can quickly identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in Altera products and services.

“Becoming a CVE Numbering Authority reinforces our dedication to security best practices and our responsibility to our customers,” said Venkat Yadavalli, head of Business Management at Altera. “This step ensures that Altera continues to uphold the highest standards of product integrity and customer trust.”

For more information about Altera’s security vulnerability handling process and commitment to coordinated disclosure, please visit https://www.altera.com/security/psirt.

About the CVE Program

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) Program is an international, community-driven effort that relies on partners around the world to identify, assign, and publish cybersecurity vulnerabilities. CVE Records are used by information technology and cybersecurity professionals to enable consistent, coordinated responses to vulnerabilities. The CVE List—built by CNAs like Altera—feeds into the U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD), facilitating rapid discovery and correlation of vulnerability information to better protect systems and infrastructure from attacks. For more information, visit https://www.cve.org.

About Altera

Altera is a leading supplier of programmable hardware, software, and development tools that empower designers of electronic systems to innovate, differentiate, and succeed in their markets. With a broad portfolio of industry-leading FPGAs, SoCs, and design solutions, Altera enables customers to achieve faster time-to-market and unmatched performance in applications spanning industrial automation, audio/video, robotics, aerospace, defense, data centers, telecommunications, edge AI and more. For more information, visit www.altera.com.