Cyber Security Awareness Month
Enhance your Security Awareness Month with our diverse range of engaging activities, including surveys, micro-learning, phishing tests, and fun contests.
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Building your Security Awareness Month Campaign
In a 12-month annual security awareness program, you can include one or more compulsory cyber security e-learning courses, 12-24 micro-learning sessions, and comprehensive anti-phishing training.
Step 1: Set theme and identify topics
Select a theme and mascot centered around a relevant cyber security topic. Then, outline four weekly topics in line with the theme. Our 2023 theme was ‘Transforming Human Cyber Security Behavior,’ and the associated topics for 2023 are listed below.
Theme and mascot sample
Step 2: Decide deliverables for the toolkit
This toolkit offers diverse training materials such as flyers, emailers, brochures, teaser videos, gamified modules, quizzes, and checklists. It aims to foster a culture of cyber security behavior transformation.
Step 3: Set a delivery plan
Establish a calendar and allocate specific days for each deliverable to ensure seamless execution of the Security Awareness Month.
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Step 4: Deliver the toolkit
Each week, distribute topic-specific toolkits containing flyers, quizzes, and microlearning videos. Prior to the toolkit launch, send learners emails and teaser videos to motivate and inform them about the campaign.
Micro-learning Videos
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Step 5: Collect Learner feedback
Collect feedback from learners using surveys or assessments after the program concludes. Use Security Quotient’s managed services to facilitate customized feedback surveys for clients.
Sample: Focus Behaviors
Each Security Awareness Month revolves around a specific set of focused cyber security behaviors, serving as the foundational topics for our tailored collateral.
Week 1: Defeating AI-Powered Phishing
Raising awareness about the risks posed by AI-powered phishing attacks and empowering individuals to recognize these sophisticated threats and take proactive steps to protect themselves.
Week 2: Enforcing MFA
Promoting the significance of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure to fortify online accounts and protect sensitive information from potential cyber security breaches.
Week 3: Using AI Assistants
Highlighting the benefits of AI-powered virtual assistants and smart devices, with a strong emphasis on utilizing them securely and responsibly to safeguard personal data and privacy.
Week 4: Building a Secure Remote Work Culture
Providing guidance and best practices for individuals and organizations to secure their remote work setups, including secure access, data protection, and safe communication.
Sample: The Human Cyber Defense Toolkit
This Human Cyber Defense Toolkit contains different forms of training materials designed to empower your workforce with the essential knowledge and skills while also promoting a culture of cyber security behavior transformation. This sample is from a past Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign.
Launch Emailer
A visually appealing promotional poster is sent in advance to announce the upcoming CSAM event.
Teaser video
A short and captivating promotional video, setting the stage for the upcoming Cyber Security Awareness Month event.
Flyers
A weekly, visually engaging promotional material that concisely delivers key messages.
Gamified module
An interactive and fun awareness training course for enhancing your organization’s cyber defence.
Infographics
Visually appealing and informative snapshots to enhance your CSAM journey with valuable insights.
Grand finale quiz
Interactive gamified quiz assessing cyber security knowledge through engaging challenges.
Top 10 behavioral checklist
A curated list of essential behavioral guidelines and best practices that employees should follow to ensure a secure cyber environment.
The Delivery Plan
The sample calendar explains the delivery schedule. The entire collateral will be transferred to the client approximately 10 days before the commencement of the Security Awareness month.
Our services
Deliver the toolkit
The comprehensive Human Cyber Defense Toolkit will consist of various deliverables designed to be disseminated during the CSAM.
Essential customization (optional)
We will ensure to provide minimal customization services, such as logo addition, upon receiving client requests sufficiently well in advance.
Provide LMS (optional)
For customers without an LMS, we offer Learning Management System (LMS) as an optional feature.
Dedicated helpdesk
Our dedicated helpdesk will assist you with any issues, queries, or technical problems you might encounter while using the toolkit or any related services.
Consulting and strategy advise
We offer a free 30-minute initial consultation service for every client to plan and execute CSAM successfully.
Frequently Asked Questions
CSAM
Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) is an annual campaign held in October to promote cyber security awareness and encourage individuals and organizations to adopt best practices, ultimately strengthening digital security.
Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) is crucial for organizations as it reduces cyber security risks, enhances employee awareness, and ensures compliance, ultimately safeguarding sensitive data and reputation. Active participation in CSAM is a proactive step toward protecting digital assets and maintaining stakeholder trust.
The primary objectives of observing Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) are to promote awareness about cyber security risks, educate individuals and organizations on best practices, foster a culture of cyber security, and encourage proactive measures to enhance digital security.
Organizations can strengthen cyber security during Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) by setting clear goals, allocating resources, creating engaging training content, fostering employee involvement, and evaluating progress, ensuring the effective use of CSAM to enhance cyber security.
Organizations can make the most of Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) by leveraging it to improve cyber security measures and cultivate a more vigilant and informed approach among employees toward cyber security practices by introducing engaging activities and training sessions.
Practicing Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) improves a nation’s or region’s cyber security by increasing awareness, education, and collaboration among stakeholders. It also encourages the development of policies, fosters readiness, and contributes to a cultural shift towards greater cyber security responsibility.
Which types of organizations should actively participate in Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM)?
Organizations that should actively participate in Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) include businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofits, security professionals, media and technology companies, community organizations, parents, caregivers, and critical infrastructure providers. Their participation is vital to bolster cyber security practices and awareness across various sectors of society.
To create an effective Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) program, organizations should set clear goals, allocate resources, engage leadership, target the audience, develop engaging content, schedule activities (including effective training sessions), promote involvement, measure progress, gather feedback, collaborate, evaluate, and plan for sustainability.
During Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM), organizations can conduct various activities to promote cyber security awareness and best practices. These activities may include workshops, phishing simulations, training sessions, awareness campaigns, challenges, policy reviews, incident response drills, MFA adoption, updates, employee engagement, collaboration, contests, feedback channels, awareness videos, and the provision of cyber security resources.
