It’s Time to Rename Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Cybersecurity Awareness Month began in 2004 as a U.S. government and industry initiative to teach newly connected individuals and organizations about basic online risks, but the author argues that widespread public recognition of threats such as phishing, ransomware, weak passwords, and software vulnerabilities has made awareness an insufficient goal. The piece contends that security campaigns should prioritize measurable readiness actions, including enabling multifactor authentication, patching systems, testing backups, fixing vulnerabilities, and exercising incident-response plans. It also notes that the common abbreviation CSAM conflicts with the established term for child sexual abuse material, creating an additional reason to change the branding. The author proposes “Cybersecurity Readiness Month” as a replacement and explains that CISA, the National Cybersecurity Alliance, presidential proclamations, and broader public adoption could facilitate the change, while recognizing that the original observance successfully helped make cybersecurity a mainstream concern.

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