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Cyber security awareness month (officially styled “Cybersecurity Awareness Month”) is a global campaign held every October, co-led by CISA and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) since 2004. For 2026, the two organizations are running distinct themes: CISA’s “Securing the Next 250” (reduce, replace, recover) and NCA’s “Don’t Make It Easy for Them” (four everyday habits).…

Cybersecurity suppliers and advisers are using Cybersecurity Awareness Month to warn that artificial intelligence is reshaping security risks for companies and public bodies. Their comments suggest a shift in focus from employee behaviour to visibility across infrastructure, identities and automated systems.

October’s annual cybersecurity campaign arrives with a familiar message: protect accounts, recognise scams and keep software updated. But the evidence accompanying Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 raises a more demanding question for business leaders and public authorities: how much of that advice has become everyday practice?