Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Each October is focused on raising awareness about your role in protecting online data.
Security is Everyone’s Job
This year’s theme — Security is Everyone’s Job — encourages you to identify the important role you play in cybersecurity. It’s not about you making the one perfect decision. It’s about building good cyber habits and repeating them every day. The small cyber decisions you make help protect your personal and UW–Madison’s data.
4 things you can do
Throughout October, UW–Madison will highlight key action steps that everyone should take:
Balance learning with some fun
Join us for these Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) events
- Oct. 1: Big Ten Academic Alliance Cybersecurity Gameshow 2026
Noon to 1 p.m. CDT - Oct. 6: How to Survive the AI Apocalypse
Noon to 1 p.m. CDT - Oct. 8: Big Ten Academic Alliance CISO Panel
Noon to 1 p.m. CDT - Oct. 13: The CIS AI Journey: What Worked, What We Adjusted, What We’re Still Figuring Out
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT - Oct. 20: State of Critical Infrastructure
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT - Oct. 29: An Introduction to the Evolving Federal Research Cybersecurity Landscape and What it Means for University IT Teams
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT