Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 – Don’t Make It Easy for Them

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 arrives as online attacks become easier to launch, harder to spot, and more focused on people. Observed every October, the campaign helps individuals and businesses build safer digital habits. This year there are two themes. The NCA is running “Don’t Make It Easy for Them”, a push to make life harder for cybercriminals through small daily habits. CISA is running “Securing the Next 250”, tied to America’s 250th anniversary, with a strong focus on critical services like power and water. The message is not limited to the U.S. Canada’s Get Cyber Safe program launched its own Cyber Month under the theme “Your best defence is you”, warning that AI is making scams look more real than ever. After years of covering breaches, one pattern stands out to me: most incidents still start with a person being tricked, not a system being…