michael esser, and richard spires former chief information officer at dhs and irs. director chooel, i invite you to present your testimony. >> chairman boseman, ranking member coons and members of the sub-committee, government and nongovernment entities are under constant attack by evolving and advance persistent threats and criminal actors. these adversaries are sophisticated, well-funded and focused. unfortunately, these attacks will not stop. if anything they will increase. although opm has taken significant steps to meet our responsibility to secure personnel data, it is clear that opm needs to accelerate these efforts, not only for those individuals personally but also as a matter of national security. my goal as director is to leverage cyber security best practices and protect the sensitive information entrusted to the agency modernizing our i.t. infrastructure, to better confront emerging threats and to meet our mission and customer service expectations. opm has undertaken an aggressive effort to update its cyber security for fiscal year '14 and '15 we commit