How do I put a thin 1px rectangle around an image?

Using Photoshop CS5, can someone tell me how I put a thin 1px rectangle around an existing image
For example, imagine I have an image that 500px wide and 200 px high
I want a 10px gap all around and then I want the thin rectangle
What would the proper way of doing this?
Importantly, the image will be a PNG, so I want the gap around the image to be transparent
I'm planning to have on a black background, so want my rectangle to be a white line
+ is Photoshop the correct application to use to do this?
Thanks in advance
Omar

lee... i'm really happy with the results
only a small thing though: the outline sint 1px
i only noticed that afterwards
se the following 2 pics below
the first was created using ur method
the second was created by a longer manual process: say we have 100 x 100 pic. create a new pic with transparent background of 122 x 122. now create a white blank pic of 120 x 120 size. copy the white and put into 122x122. no from the layers menu, add a 1px stroke. now flatten. now erase the white - u now have the required outline!. create a new pic with transparent background of size 122x122. copy and paste both th eoriginal pic and new outline pic. hey presto, 50 steps later, u have what i wanted.
problem is it's 50 steps
i like ur solution. this can be automated. the second solution can't be automated: BUT it gives the 1px outline i wanted!
let me know what u think
thanks
first pic:
second pic:

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