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:

Big Data and Cloud Computing:

RSA Conference: SIEM is effectively dead as Big Data dominates businesses - SC Magazine

Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) technology yeilding in importance to intelligence-driven security

Critical Infrastructure:

Executive Order – Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity - The White House

12 February EO to provide Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure

Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity - The White House

12 February EO to provide Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure.

Cyberwarfare:

NATO, European governments, hit by “MiniDuke” cyber attack - Reuters

CrySyS of Hungary claims attack is of "nation-state" origin, used Adobe vulnerability

China says US-based Hackers Target its Military Websites, Amid Competing Cybersnooping Claims - Yahoo!

Official response to Mandiant did not take long.

NATO, European Governments, hit by “MiniDuke” Cyberattack - Reuters

CrySyS of Hungary claims attack is of "nation-state" origin, used Adobe vulnerability

Data Security:

Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken - Wired

Security problems with USB devices run deeper than you think: Their risk isn't just in what they carry, it's built into the core of how they work.

Evernote Hack Exposes User Data, Forces Extensive Password Resets - Wired

50 MILLION accounts compromised in a similar manner to "the many high profile attacks on other Internet-based companies that have taken place over the last several weeks"

Bradley Manning pleads guilty to 10 lesser charges, explains motive - Washington Post

Insider Threat: You can still exfiltrate a lot of classified data on a CD.

Mobile Security:

DoD’s Commercial Mobile Device Implementation Plan - doncio.navy

Recognizing increasing end-user dependence on mobile devices, the Defense Department released a comprehensive enterprise management plan in February to ensure secure mobile device operation and maintenance in a cost efficient manner.

Network Security:

Businesses deluded about threat of cyber attack - CBS

Deloitte Cyber Security Survey of 121 companies finds 88 percent of executives think companies not vulnerable to attack

Exclusive: Cyberattack leaves natural gas pipelines vulnerable to sabotage - Christian Science Monitor

Network Insecurity enables Critical Infrastructure SCADA Vulnerability

TECHNICAL RESOURCES, POLICY & GUIDANCE:

Trustworthy CyberSpace: Strategic Plan For The Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program - NITRD

Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) - Committee on National Security Systems

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