IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 446 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month 
and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cyber security in 
the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2011 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. RICH-
ARDSON, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. SPEIER, and Ms. CLARKE of New York) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security 
Awareness Month and raising awareness and enhancing 
the state of cyber security in the United States. 
Whereas the use of the Internet in the United States, to com-
municate, conduct business, or generate commerce that 
benefits the overall United States economy, is ubiquitous; 
Whereas the United States technological knowhow, innova-
tion, and entrepreneurship are all digitally connected and 
the pace of innovation has accelerated, so too have the 
methods to attack the Nation’s economic prosperity and 
security, spawning new, high-tech challenges, from iden-
tity theft to corporate hacking to cyber bullying; 
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Whereas many people use the Internet in the United States 
to communicate with family and friends, manage finances 
and pay bills, access educational opportunities, shop at 
home, participate in online entertainment and games, and 
stay informed of news and current events; 
Whereas United States small businesses, which employ a sig-
nificant fraction of the private workforce, increasingly 
rely on the Internet to manage their businesses, expand 
their customer reach, and enhance the management of 
their supply chain; 
Whereas the cost of cyber crime to private businesses rose 56 
percent from 2010, costing organizations on average 
$5,900,000 and that small businesses incur a signifi-
cantly higher per capital cost than larger companies ac-
cording to a report by the Ponemon Institute; 
Whereas nearly all public schools in the United States have 
Internet access to enhance children’s education, with a 
significant percentage of instructional rooms connected to 
the Internet to enhance children’s education by providing 
access to educational online content and encouraging self- 
initiative to discover research resources; 
Whereas the number of children who connect to the Internet 
continues to rise, and teaching children of all ages to be-
come 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 the growth and popularity of social networking Web 
sites has attracted millions of teenagers, providing access 
to a range of valuable services, making it all the more im-
portant to teach young users how to avoid potential 
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threats like cyber bullies, predators, and identity thieves 
they may come across while using such services; 
Whereas cyber security is a critical part of the United States 
national security and economic security; 
Whereas to prepare the United States Armed Forces for 
emerging cyber threats, the Department of Defense de-
veloped a Cyber Strategy that is focused on treating 
cyberspace as an operational domain to organize, train, 
and equip forces, employing new defense operating con-
cepts, partnering with United States Government depart-
ments, Federal agencies, and the private sector to enable 
a whole-of-government approach, building robust inter-
national partnerships to strengthen collective cybersecuri-
ty, and fully growing cyber work force talents and 
leveraging new technological innovations; 
Whereas the United States critical infrastructures and econ-
omy rely on the secure and reliable operation of informa-
tion networks to support the United States Armed 
Forces, civilian government, energy, telecommunications, 
financial services, transportation, health care, and emer-
gency response systems; 
Whereas Internet users and information infrastructure own-
ers and operators face an increasing threat of cyber- 
crime and fraud attacks through viruses, worms, Trojans, 
and malicious programs such as spyware, adware, hack-
ing tools, and password stealers, that are frequent and 
fast in propagation, are costly to repair, and may disable 
entire systems; 
Whereas the intellectual property, including proprietary infor-
mation, copyrights, patents, trademarks, and related in-
formation, of business, academic institutions, govern-
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ment, and individuals are vital to the economic security 
of the United States; 
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 consumers face significant financial and personal 
privacy losses due to personally identifiable information 
being more exposed to theft and fraud than ever before; 
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 cyber security in the 
United States; 
Whereas coordination between the numerous Federal agencies 
involved in cyber security efforts is essential to securing 
the cyber infrastructure of the United States; 
Whereas the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, pub-
lished in February 2003, recommends a comprehensive 
national awareness program to empower all people in the 
United States, including businesses, the general work-
force, and the general population, to secure their own 
parts of cyberspace; 
Whereas the White House’s Cyberspace Policy Review, pub-
lished in May 2009, recommends that the United States 
Government initiate a national public awareness and edu-
cation campaign to promote cybersecurity; 
Whereas ‘‘STOP. THINK. CONNECT.’’ is the national cy-
bersecurity awareness campaign founded and led by the 
National Cyber Security Alliance, the Anti-Phishing 
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Working Group as a public private partnership with the 
Department of Homeland Security, and a coalition of pri-
vate companies, nonprofits, and government organiza-
tions to help all digital citizens stay safer and more se-
cure online; 
Whereas the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education 
(NICE) led by the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology is the coordinating body for the Federal Gov-
ernment to establish a sustainable, operational, and con-
tinually improving cybersecurity education program to 
enhance the Nation’s cybersecurity and support the de-
velopment of a professional cyber security workforce and 
cyber-capable citizens; 
Whereas the United States Cyber Challenge initiative is 
working to identify 10,000 of the Nation’s best and 
brightest to fill the ranks of cybersecurity professionals 
where their skills can be of the greatest value to the Na-
tion; and 
Whereas the National Cyber Security Alliance, the Multi- 
State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the De-
partment of Homeland Security, and other organizations 
working to improve cyber security in the United States 
have designated October 2011 as the eighth annual Na-
tional Cyber Security Awareness Month which serves to 
educate the people of the United States about the impor-
tance of cyber security: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Cyber Security Awareness Month; 
(2) continues to work with Federal agencies, 
businesses, educational institutions, and other orga-
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nizations to enhance the state of cybersecurity in the 
United States; 
(3) commends the work of the National Initia-
tive for Cybersecurity Education and all the Federal 
agencies, nonprofits, educational institutions, busi-
nesses, and other organizations that support this ef-
fort; 
(4) recognizes ‘‘STOP. THINK. CONNECT.’’ 
as the national cybersecurity awareness campaign to 
educate people of the United States and help all citi-
zens stay safer and more secure online; and 
(5) 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 
cyber security in the United States on the eighth an-
niversary of the National Cyber Security Awareness 
Month. 
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