Cyber Security Awareness Month Training That Changes Behaviour.

Cyber Security Awareness Month is an annual campaign held every October to encourage organisations to improve their cyber security knowledge and reduce human risk factors. Awareness is where it starts, not where it ends… treat it as a chance to change what your team actually does, not just what they know.

Cyber Security Awareness Month takes place every October. But the companies that get the most from it don’t start in October… they run pre-engagement campaigns in the weeks before, so the month lands on a team that’s already paying attention.

No, and some of our best engagements haven't been. Every programme we run works in any month. October is simply the month most boards have already agreed to fund. If your budget or your calendar sits elsewhere, January, May and November all give you a hook to build around.

Yes, and we do it constantly. The four packages are the shapes clients ask for most, and they're on the page because being asked "so what would you like us to build?" cold is nobody's idea of fun. Tell us which one is closest and what you'd change, and we'll quote that instead. A week across three sites, a single day for two hundred people, a room built around the incident you had in March... all normal here.

Because attacks target people, not technology. That makes your people your first line of defence, whether they’ve been prepared for it or not. Cyber Security Awareness Month is the perfect opportunity to prepare them properly: reinforcing behaviours, not just handing out facts.

The most effective Cyber Security Awareness Month training activities will be the ones your people take part in rather than sit through. Immersive experiences, live simulations, tabletop rehearsals, digital scenarios... anything that lets someone make a decision under pressure and fail safely. Posters and modules give you a completion rate, not a behaviour change.

Participation. Live games, challenges and simulations people want to be part of. Facilitated escape rooms at your premises, digital escape rooms for remote teams, and crisis simulation for the leadership team. People compete, people talk about it afterwards, and the talking is where culture comes from.

A well-rounded Cyber Security Awareness Month programme should cover the latest and evolving threats in cyber security as well as reinforcing the basics such as strong passwords. Alongside educating your staff, it should provide them with the opportunity to develop and practice skills that will help them act fast when a cyber attack happens for real. If every element is content and nothing is rehearsal, you've got a module not an engagement programme.

The sooner you can start planning your Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign, the better. More time gives you a larger window to strategise and consider different activities. Several of our Cyber Security Awareness Month courses come with six to eight weeks of pre-engagement to ensure we have everything in place when October comes around.

Kit hire can start from as little as £1,000. Whereas programmes start from £5,000 for a single facilitated day and go up from there depending on headcount, sites and how long you want the pressure to last. Large-scale installations are quoted bespoke. Every quote is built on your numbers rather than a list price.

Traditional awareness training focuses purely on education. It doesn’t give your staff the tools they need to act when a cyber attack happens, or foster a healthy long-term culture. Immersive training, like the programmes we offer here at The Cyber Escape Room Co., involve your staff in active simulations, tasks and games which allow them to practise key skills and provide a safe space to fail, learn and try again. This ensures that when an attack happens for real, they know exactly what to do.