Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2022, 60241-60242 [2022-21767]

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• Executive Office of the President

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60241-60242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21767]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 192 / Wednesday, October 5, 2022 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10456 of September 30, 2022

                
Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we highlight the 
                importance of safeguarding our Nation's critical 
                infrastructure from malicious cyber activity and 
                protecting citizens and businesses from ransomware and 
                other attacks. We also raise awareness about the simple 
                steps Americans can take to secure their sensitive data 
                and stay safe online.

                Cyberattacks affect our day-to-day lives, our economy, 
                and our national security. By destroying, corrupting, 
                or stealing information from our computer systems and 
                networks, they can impact electric grids and fuel 
                pipelines, hospitals and police departments, businesses 
                and schools, and many other critical services that 
                Americans trust and rely on every day. That is why my 
                Administration started working immediately to shield 
                our country and improve our defenses against 
                cyberattacks.

                Last year, I signed an Executive Order to modernize the 
                Federal Government's cybersecurity defenses and create 
                a standard playbook for Federal agencies to better 
                identify and mitigate cyber threats and to respond 
                quickly and effectively when they are attacked. It also 
                improves Federal information security by establishing 
                robust security standards for software purchased by the 
                Government, which in turn raises the standard of 
                cybersecurity in software products sold to the American 
                people. My Administration is using the enormous 
                purchasing power of the Federal Government to move the 
                market standard to better protect Americans.

                However, Government cannot meet our cyber resilience 
                goals alone. The private sector owns and operates much 
                of our Nation's critical infrastructure, and my 
                Administration is committed to partnering with private 
                industry to keep the public safe. We have required 
                minimum cybersecurity standards for vital sectors of 
                the American economy, including new security directives 
                issued by the Transportation Security Administration to 
                strengthen our transportation sector and associated 
                infrastructure. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure 
                Law, we are investing in cybersecurity as a critical 
                component in everything we build, from bridges to the 
                electrical grid. We will also continue exchanging 
                information with private industry about cyber threats 
                so they can keep strengthening their defenses and 
                ensure that the critical services they provide to the 
                American people stay up and running.

                The challenges before us require urgency and 
                cooperation around the globe. That is why we are also 
                joining with our international partners to hold 
                malicious cyber actors accountable for their disruptive 
                and destabilizing cyber-attacks and to make it harder 
                for them to conduct damaging activities. My 
                Administration's international Counter-Ransomware 
                Initiative brings together more than 30 countries 
                spanning 13 time-zones to disrupt malicious cyber 
                activity around the world.

                Cybersecurity is not limited to Government or critical 
                infrastructure. Hackers target Americans every day, and 
                cybersecurity is about protecting the American people 
                and the services we rely on. This month, I encourage 
                all Americans to increase their cybersecurity at home, 
                at work, and in schools by taking steps such as 
                enabling multi-factor authentication, using a trusted 
                password manager and strong passwords, recognizing and 
                reporting phishing,

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                and updating their software regularly. As the threat of 
                malicious cyber activities grows, we must all do our 
                part to keep our Nation safe and secure.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2022 
                as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. I call upon the 
                people, businesses, and institutions of the United 
                States to recognize the importance of cybersecurity, to 
                take action to better protect yourselves against cyber 
                threats, and to observe Cybersecurity Awareness Month 
                in support of our national security and resilience.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2022-21767
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