Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an international initiative that educates everyone about online safety and empowers individuals and businesses to protect their data from cybercrime.

2024 Theme and Messages

The theme of Cybersecurity Awareness Month is Secure Our World, here to remind us that there are simple ways to protect yourself, your family and your business from online threats.

The campaign focuses on the top four ways to stay safe online:

Use strong passwords and a password manager
Turn on multifactor authentication
Recognize and report phishing
Update software

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 yourself safe online, protect your personal data, and ultimately help secure our world.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance co-lead the campaign and create resources for organizations to talk to their employees and customers about staying safe online. Cybersecurity Awareness Month is supported by corporations, government agencies, schools, non-profits and professionals dedicated to cybersecurity education and protecting our communities.

Highlights

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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Become a Champion

Join thousands of organizations and individuals around the world and become a Cybersecurity champion!

The Champions program is a way to show your support for Cybersecurity Awareness Month and run your own security education campaign in your organization, school, or community.

The 2024 Champions program is closed. Check back in Spring 2025 for updates.

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Thank you to our 2024 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Event Sponsors! Find out how to become a sponsor!

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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.
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.
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.
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.