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Proclamation 9648

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2017

This proclamation designates October 2017 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It encourages public awareness, public-private collaboration, and individual participation in cybersecurity education, while referencing a prior executive order on federal cybersecurity. The document contains no binding mandates, regulatory changes, or substantive policy directives.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 46357

Impact dates

  1. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month begins

Key directives

  • Encourage public and private-sector organizations to work together to provide cybersecurity information, guidance, and tools
  • Encourage every American to learn more about protecting themselves through DHS Stop.Think.Connect. campaign
  • Call upon people, companies, and institutions to observe October 2017 through events, training, and education

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect upon signing; October 2017 designated as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Near term (90d)

  • Encouraged observance through events, training, and education during October 2017

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Language is entirely hortatory ('I encourage,' 'I call upon') with no enforcement mechanism
  • Reference to May 2017 EO on federal cybersecurity may create appearance of policy continuity, but proclamation itself adds no new operational requirements
  • Vague exhortation to 'work together' lacks specificity on implementation or accountability
Proclamation 9648: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2017 · Executive Orders