Possible China Connection in Cyber Attacks on Pipelines, Defense Industrial Base Pilot Made Permanent, and More

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news:

Current attacks against the networks controlling US natural gas pipelines are similar to earlier attacks believed to be by China. More here.
The Department of Defense is making its trial program to work with Internet service providers to protect defense firms against foreign data theft permanent, and further expanding it. More here.
The Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration are working together to create a secure hybrid cloud which may become available to other departments. More here.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other civil liberties groups urged the Senate to reject the Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Act. More here.
The Department of Defense is developing a Joint Information Enterprise strategy for shared networks, data centers, and IT services across the military. More here.
The Department of Homeland Security is reaching out to foreign governments to share problems and solutions in industrial control system security. More here.