Unfortunately we can't predict when you might be targeted by cyber criminals, it happens throughout the year. That said, we can predict hot spots in the year that they might try to target.
For example, the Christmas holiday season is one of the points of the year that cybercrime is at it's highest. Companies tend to have low staff count, people are trying to finish up before the start of the holidays, and cyber criminals know people have done online shopping. This is prime time to send a malicious link in an email disguised as an order you have made.
That’s why we’ve put together some key dates to add to your calendar. There will be new nudges, alerts and advice cards to keep your people cyber-secure the whole year through (and we have thrown in some fun ones too!).
Month | Celebration | Date of release | Content |
🫖 January | International Day of Education | January 24, 2024 | Advice |
💌 February | Chinese New Year | February 7, 2024 | Nudges |
💌 February | Safer Internet Day | February 7, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
💌 February | Valentines Day | February 14, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
💌 February | Leap Year | February 29, 2024 | Nudges |
⛅ March | International Women’s Day | March 8, 2024 | Nudges |
⛅ March | World Backup Day | March 31, 2024 | Nudges |
🐰 April | April Fools Day | April 1, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🐰 April | Earth Day | April 22, 2024 | Nudges |
🌻 May | Star Wars Day | May 4, 2024 | Nudges |
🌻 May | World Password Day | May 4, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🌻May | Cinco de Mayo (US + Mexico) | May 5, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🌻 May | International Day of Families | May 15, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🌵 June | Pride Month | June 1, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🌵 June | Summer solstice | June 20, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🌊 July | International Friendship Day | July 30, 2024 | Nudges |
🌞 August | International Co-working Day | August 9, 2024 | Nudges |
🎒 September | International Day of Charity | September 5, 2024 | Nudges |
🎒 September | International Day for Universal Access to Information | September 28, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🎃 October | Cybersecurity Awareness Month | October 1, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🎃 October | World Teachers Day | October 5, 2024 | Nudges |
🎃 October | Halloween | October 31, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🎆 November | Diwali | November 1, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
🎆 November | World Kindness Day | November 13, 2024 | Nudges |
🎆 November | Black Friday + Cyber Monday | November 24, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
☃️ December | Christmas / Hanukkah | December 10, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
☃️ December | New Years Eve | December 31, 2024 | Nudges, Advice |
Still have questions?
If you still have questions, you can contact the CybSafe team via [email protected]. We’re on hand to help resolve any further issues!