IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1688 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to sup-
porting the goals and ideals of the seventh annual National Cybersecurity 
Awareness Month and supporting the efforts of the Department of Home-
land Security to raise awareness of cyber threats and enhance cybersecu-
rity in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Ms. CLARKE (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. KING of New 
York, and Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with 
respect to supporting the goals and ideals of the seventh 
annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and 
supporting the efforts of the Department of Homeland 
Security to raise awareness of cyber threats and enhance 
cybersecurity in the United States. 
Whereas more than 220,000,000 American adults use the 
Internet in the United States, 80 percent of whom con-
nect through broadband connections, to conduct business, 
communicate with family and friends, manage finances 
and pay bills, access educational opportunities, shop at 
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home, participate in online entertainment and games, and 
stay informed of news and current events; 
Whereas nearly all United States small businesses, which rep-
resent more than 99 percent of all United States employ-
ers and employ more than 50 percent of the private 
workforce, increasingly rely on the Internet to manage 
their businesses, expand their customer reach, and en-
hance the management of their supply chain; 
Whereas the number of children who connect to the Internet 
at school continues to rise, and teaching children of all 
ages to become good cyber-citizens through safe, secure, 
and ethical online behaviors and practices is essential to 
protect their computer systems and potentially their 
physical safety; 
Whereas cybersecurity is a critical part of the Nation’s over-
all homeland security; 
Whereas the Nation’s critical infrastructures and economy 
rely on the secure and reliable operation of information 
networks to support the Nation’s financial services, en-
ergy, telecommunications, transportation, health care, 
and emergency response systems; 
Whereas cyber attacks have been attempted against the Na-
tion’s critical infrastructure, and the Department of 
Homeland Security’s mission includes detecting and se-
curing the homeland against cyber attacks, enhancing the 
resilience of the critical infrastructure and key resources 
of the United States, and coordinating national prepared-
ness for cyber attacks; 
Whereas Internet users and critical infrastructure owners and 
operators face an increasing threat of criminal activity 
and malicious attacks through viruses, worms, Trojans, 
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and unwanted programs such as spyware, adware, hack-
ing tools, and password stealers, that are frequent and 
fast in propagation, are costly to repair, can cause exten-
sive economic harm, and can disable entire systems; 
Whereas coordination among the Federal Government, State, 
local, and tribal governments, and the private sector is 
essential to securing America’s critical cyber infrastruc-
ture; 
Whereas millions of records containing personally identifiable 
information have been lost, stolen or breached, threat-
ening the security and financial well-being of United 
States citizens; 
Whereas national organizations, policymakers, government 
agencies, private sector companies, nonprofit institutions, 
schools, academic organizations, consumers, and the 
media recognize the need to increase awareness of cyber-
security and the need for enhanced cybersecurity in the 
United States; 
Whereas the Cyberspace Policy Review, published by the 
White House in May 2009, recommends that the Federal 
Government initiate a national public awareness and edu-
cation campaign to promote cybersecurity; 
Whereas the National Cyber Security Alliance’s mission is to 
increase awareness of cybersecurity practices and tech-
nologies to home users, students, teachers, and small 
businesses through educational activities, online resources 
and checklists, and Public Service Announcements; and 
Whereas the National Cyber Security Alliance, the Multi- 
State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, and the 
Department of Homeland Security have designated Octo-
ber as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month to pro-
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vide an opportunity to educate United States citizens 
about cybersecurity: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Cybersecurity Awareness Month; 
(2) supports the efforts of the Department of 
Homeland Security to disseminate information to 
the public to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats 
and enhance cybersecurity in the United States; 
(3) supports the Department of Homeland Se-
curity’s research and development and other activi-
ties intended to improve the ability of the United 
States to prevent, protect against, detect, attribute, 
report, respond to, and recover from cyber attacks; 
and 
(4) congratulates the National Cyber Security 
Alliance, the Multi-State Information Sharing and 
Analysis Center, the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, and other organizations working to improve cy-
bersecurity in the United States on the seventh an-
niversary of the National Cybersecurity Awareness 
Month. 
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