Cybersecurity Awareness Month takes place every October (running October 1 to 31, 2026) to promote online safety and cyber hygiene.
Here are some ads we did with WAGM TV 8 for Cybersecurity.
Official 2026 Themes
• CISA Theme: “Securing the Next 250” (focusing on critical infrastructure resilience, the 3Rs—Reduce, Replace, Recover—and preparing for evolving tech and nation-state threats).
• National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) Theme: “Don’t Make It Easy for Them”.
Four Core Cyber Safety Steps
Both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cybersecurity Alliance emphasize four everyday habits:
• Use strong passwords and manage them with a dedicated password manager.
• Turn on multifactor authentication (MFA) for your accounts.
• Recognize and report phishing scams and suspicious messages.
• Update software and devices regularly to patch vulnerabilities.
Additional Recommendations for Organizations
• System Logging: Keep active logs on systems to detect and trace unauthorized activity.
• Data Protection: Back up critical data regularly and encrypt sensitive information.
• Incident Response: Establish, test, and maintain a clear incident response plan.
• Domain & Reporting: Move to a .gov domain if eligible and report cyber incidents directly to CISA.
