WHEREAS, state government and the private sector alike use information systems and networks to manage their business and expand their customer reach; and

        WHEREAS, citizens of the State of Idaho use the Internet to communicate with family and friends, manage their finances, buy goods and services, and get the latest news; and

        WHEREAS, public libraries throughout our State provide access to networked computers, online databases, and other resources to the public; and

        WHEREAS, schools in Idaho use the Internet to supplement the education of our youth by providing them access to online educational and research materials; and

        WHEREAS, use of information technology at colleges and universities throughout the State has become a commonplace facet of modern classrooms; and

        WHEREAS, as a society we are increasingly reliant on information systems to support financial services, energy, telecommunications, transportation, health care, and emergency response systems; and

        WHEREAS, Internet users throughout the State face an increasing threat to their privacy; and

        WHEREAS, each year there are significant financial and personal privacy losses due to identity theft and fraud;

        NOW THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim October 2006, to be

CYBER SECURITY MONTH

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 11^th day of October in the year of our Lord two-thousand and six and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE