"Sensitive information is stolen daily from both government and private sector networks, undermining confidence in our information systems, and in the very information these systems were intended to convey, " Blair wrote.

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From there, within six months, the President will be required to institute accreditation requirements for cybersecurity professionals working within the Federal Government and on designated critical information systems.

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Agencies and the Government as a whole must continue to work to implement systems that report financial and program information quickly and reliably, and then to use that information in our stewardship of the Nation's resources.

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