6. Emphasize the need for information security in sensitive unclassified systems. OMB and NIST, with technical assistance from NSA, should (1) improve planning capabilities for security by requiring an information security plan to be part of each agency's strategic IT plan; (2) identify computer security as a material weakness in the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act report if it does not meet established thresholds; (3) require employees and contractors to complete awareness and training; (4) improve planning for contingencies; and (5) establish and employ formal contingency response capabilities. These requirements should be included in future revisions to OMB Circular No. A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources, to be issued no later than December 1994.
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