The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled its mega-database, otherwise known as the National Vulnerability Database. The NVD will issue daily updates of viruses that are wrecking havoc on popular software products and post notices on security trends.

The database was created as a means to warn users about security threats both big and small, according to a report in SecurityFocus.

NVD is a comprehensive cyber security vulnerability database that integrates all publicly available U.S. Government vulnerability resources and provides references to industry resources. It is based on and synchronized with the CVE vulnerability naming standard.