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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026

This October, we encourage you to make life difficult for cybercriminals!  

Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a global initiative every October that raises awareness about online safety and empowers individuals and businesses to protect themselves from cybercrime. 

Don't Make It Easy for Them

Staying safe online isn’t about making one perfect decision. It’s about building habits and repeating them consistently in the small moments that happen every day. In doing this, we can all make life difficult for cybercriminals. 


Register to become a 2026 Champion and receive a free Cybersecurity Awareness Month Toolkit! 

About Cybersecurity Awareness Month 


Even amidst large-scale data breaches and cyberattacks, Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds everyone that there are simple, effective ways to keep themselves safe online, protect their personal data, and ultimately help secure our world.

The National Cybersecurity Alliance and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) lead the campaign and create resources for organizations to talk to their employees and customers about staying safe online. 

Register to become a 2026 Champion and receive a free Cybersecurity Awareness Month Toolkit!

What's included in the toolkit? Everything you need to run your October campaign!  

  • Tipsheet with actionable tips for making life hard for scammers!  

  • 8 printable posters  

  • 16 social media graphics, a mix of both static and video  

  • 16 Instagram Story graphics, a mix of both static and video  

Are you registering yourself or on behalf of an organization?

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Nov 7, 2025

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Afterglow

Join us for a gathering of fellow cybersecurity awareness champions!

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Oct 1, 2025

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Virtual Kick-off

In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Highlights

History of Cybersecurity Awareness Month

History of Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched by the National Cybersecurity Alliance & the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in October 2004.

Oh Behave! The Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors Report

Oh Behave! The Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors Report

Each year, we release research to better understand the public’s security behavior and to act as a call to action for more secure habits online.

Request a Speaker

If you would like to schedule a representative from the National Cybersecurity Alliance to speak to your organization during October, please fill out the form below. Please submit your request by July 15, 2025.

Request a Speaker

If you would like to schedule a representative from the National Cybersecurity Alliance to speak to your organization during October, please fill out the form below. Please submit your request by July 15, 2025.

Become a Champion

Champions represent those dedicated to promoting a safer, more secure digital world. All Champions receive free resources created exclusively for Cybersecurity Awareness Month!

Become a Champion

Champions represent those dedicated to promoting a safer, more secure digital world. All Champions receive free resources created exclusively for Cybersecurity Awareness Month!

Champions' Reviews:

  • We value the work you put into the campaigns and appreciate your efforts to help keep our customers safe.

  • As a small-sized company, with a non-existent cyber budget, we appreciate the free resources that are provided each year. This does help out cyber awareness campaigns tremendously.

  • Great effort that goes into the annual cyber security awareness month campaigns. I see it growing and being adopted more and more every year.

Sponsors

Cybersecurity Awareness Month sponsors support our annual invite-only Cybersecurity Summit. Check out the highlights from our most recent Summit at the New York Stock Exchange.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month sponsors support our annual invite-only Cybersecurity Summit. Check out the highlights from our most recent Summit at the New York Stock Exchange.

Thank you to our 2025 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Sponsors! Want to learn more about becoming a sponsor? Click one of the buttons below!

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