The Cybersecurity (CS) Digest is a curated bi-weekly news summary for cybersecurity professionals. It is transmitted in an HTML-formatted email and provides links to articles and news summaries across a spectrum of cybersecurity topics.

RECENT HEADLINES:

Cloud Computing:

DISA Announces R&D Agreement with Google for Examination of Cloud Based Google Apps - CTOVISION

More on Google Apps for Government.

Internet2, Microsoft pact fuels universities’ big data research - GCN

Commerce Department’s National Broadband Technology Opportunities Program helps develop 100G net with 8.8 terabit capacity.

Critical Infrastructure:

Cybersecurity RFI promotes public-private partnership - Fedscoop

GSA reaching out to industry for help on Executive Order 13636 on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and Presidential Policy Directive-21 on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience

Cyberwarfare:

Iran Hacks Energy Firms, U.S. Says - Wall Street Journal

Industrial Control System (ICS) attacks target oil and gas pipelines and electric grid.

Slowed by Debate and Uncertainty, New Rules Green Light Response to Cyber Attacks - Defense News

New Standing Rules of Engagement (SROE) will speedup response times for CYBERCOM

Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies - Washington Post

Defense Science Board lists dozens of major weapons systems compromised by cyber-intrusions

Mobile Security:

OMB Gives Agencies First-Ever Security Guidelines To Protect Smartphones And Tablets - Nextgov

Reflects Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4.

Consumer Smartphones Ok’D For Military Use Lack Certain Id Protections - - Nextgov

Military components "deploying BlackBerry OS 10.0 devices must set up procedures" for performing a Pentagon-compliant "risk-based assessment of applications prior to application approval and installation.

New Mobile Device Policy Gives Options to Pentagon, Opportunities for Industry - NDIA

Update on industry views on  BYOD  and a Multi-vendor Environment

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