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.

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RECENT HEADLINES:

Cloud Computing:

Africa’s Momentous Cloud Service Launched - CAJ News Africa

SAP Africa, in partnership with Dimension Data,have launched the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) service to meet the growing demand for locally hosted cloud services in South Africa.

Critical Infrastructure:

Flaws Found in Accuenergy, Ecava ICS Products - Security Week

ICS-CERT has published advisories detailing several vulnerabilities in ICS products from Accuenergy, Ecava and Sierra Wireless, including issues that have been rated “high severity.”

A New ParaDIME for Energy-efficient Computing - Science Node

The Information Computing and Technology sector uses a large chunk of the Earth's energy. The European ParaDIME project has been working to reduce the energy consumption of data centers.

DHS Stands up Public-Private Cyber Info Sharing Platform - GCN

Automated Information Sharing (AIS) will connect participating organizations to allow bidirectional sharing of cyber threat indicators, as well as the sharing of threat indicators partners have observed in their own networks.

Cyberwarfare:

Finnish Defense Ministry Hit by DDoS Cyber Attack - Defense News

Finland’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is reviewing its IT security infrastructure in the wake of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on its main website.

China Hacked F-22, F-35 Stealth Jet Secrets - Free Beacon

Chinese national pleads guilty in California to hacking Boeing C-17 data.

Data Security:

Microsoft Sues DOJ Over User Data - USA Today

Microsoft has sued the Justice Department in a fresh effort to prevent the government from rifling through users' personal emails or documents without their knowledge.

Meeting Cybersecurity Challenges Through Gamification - Tech Crunch

When it comes to cybersecurity issues, we always seem to be dealing with either shortages or excess.

Healthcare Security:

Doctors’ Mobile Devices Putting Patient At Risk - Dark Reading

Three-fourths of physicians use more than one mobile device for work, a new study shows.

Mobile Security:

CBS Had Data Leak During March Madness: Security firm - CNBC

CBS Sports may have exposed more than just your busted March Madness bracket.

Public Sector:

U.S. Government ‘Worse Than All Major Industries’ on Cyber Security - NBC News

U.S. federal, state and local government agencies rank in last place in cyber security when compared against 17 major private industries, including transportation, retail and healthcare, according to a new report released Thursday.

Quantum Computing:

Diamonds May Be Quantum Computing’s Best Friend - Computer World

It's all about maintaining that crazy little thing called superposition.

Software Security:

Security Think Tank: Five Strategies For Dealing With Software Security Updates - Computer Weekly

What Strategies can companies adopt to keep up with, and deal with, the huge volume of software updates they face?

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Weaponization of Code’ Represents Revolution in Cyberwarfare - Fed Tech

The U.S. should embrace cybersecurity treaties, a former State Department official says.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Adoption Hampered By Costs, Survey Finds - Dark Reading

Security pros consider the NIST framework an industry best practice, yet half of its adopters say its complete implementation involves a high level of investment.

FBI Warns of Cyber Threat to Electric Grid - Fox News

Three months after a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report downplayed the threat of a cyber attack against the U.S. electrical grid, DHS and the FBI began a nationwide program warning of the dangers faced by U.S. utilities from damaging cyber attacks like the recent hacking against Ukraine’s power grid.

CSIAC SUPPORTED COMMUNITIES:

Cyber Security of Critical Infrastructure - Department of Homeland Security

CSIAC serves on the EO 13636/PPD-21 Research & Development (R&D) Working Group (WG) run by DHS S&T. If you would like further information, contact Dr. Paul Losiewicz at plosiewicz@csiac.org

Cyber Community of Interest (COI) Group - CSIAC

The Cyber COI engages in multiple activities and forums for coordinating cyber S&T strategies, sharing innovative ideas and technical approaches, promoting technology transfer and upcoming business opportunities, and in jointly planning programs across the Department of Defense and other government agencies. Membership is based upon approval by the Cyber COI group administrator.

TECHNICAL RESOURCES, POLICY & GUIDANCE:

Opportunities Exist for DOD to Share Cybersecurity Resources with Small Businesses - GAO

DOD OSBP officials acknowledged that cybersecurity is an important and timely issue for small businesses -and therefore the office is considering incorporating cybersecurity into its existing outreach and education efforts. During the review, GAO identified 15 existing federal cybersecurity resources that DOD OSBP could disseminate to defense small businesses.

DHS S&T Collaboration Community - Ideascale

The National Conversation is intended to bring together everyone to play a role in shaping the future of homeland security technology. This means responders, operational users, citizens, academia, and industry.

The Department of Defense Cyber Strategy - Department of Defense

The purpose of this strategy is to guide the development of DoD's cyber forces and strengthen our cyber defense and cyber deterrence posture. It focuses on building cyber capabilities and organizations for DoD's three primary cyber missions.
Tags: Cybersecurity Strategy

Information Sharing Environment - ISE

The Information Sharing Environment (ISE) broadly refers to the people, projects, systems, and agencies that enable responsible information sharing for national security.

Standards & Reference Documents - CSIAC

View all Best Practices and Reference Documents on the CSIAC website.

The DoD Cybersecurity Policy Chart (Formerly the IA Policy Chart) - CSIAC

DoD Cyber Domain Resources - Department of Defense

DHS Cyber Security Strategy (“Blueprint for a Secure Cyber Future”, 2011) - Department of Homeland Defense

DIB CS/IA Voluntary Information Sharing Program - DoD DIBNet

DoD's DIB CS/IA program is a voluntary program to enhance and supplement DIB participants' capabilities to safeguard DoD information that resides on, or transits, DIB unclassified information systems.

US-CERT Bulletins - Department of Homeland Security

Bulletins provide weekly summaries of new vulnerabilities. Patch information is provided when available.

US-CERT Alerts - Department of Homeland Security

Alerts provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits.

National Vulnerability Database - NIST

NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data represented using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance. NVD includes databases of security checklists, security related software flaws, misconfigurations, product names, and impact metrics.

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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