This testimony, summarizes the pervasive nature of federal system weaknesses, outlines the serious risks to federal operations, and then details the specific types of weaknesses identified at federal agencies. It also discusses the importance of establishing a strong agency wide security management framework and how new evaluation and reporting requirements can improve federal efforts, an overview of the strategy described in Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 63 for protecting the nation's critical infrastructures from computer-based attacks, and summarizes the results of recent evaluations of progress in implementing PDD 63.
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