South America 2025

Cybersecurity Awareness Month
(CSAM / Octubre Ciberseguridad)

1️⃣ Government

Brazil – National Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign

  • Led by: GSI/PR (Brazil’s Institutional Security Office) + Ministério da Justiça & Polícia Federal.
  • 2025 Plan: Focus on combating digital fraud, ransomware, and child online safety. Coordinated campaign under Mês da Conscientização em Segurança Cibernética (tied to global CSAM October).
  • 🔗 Website: Gov.br Cybersecurity Campaign

Argentina – National Directorate of Cybersecurity

  • 2025 Plan: Concientización en Ciberseguridad month, workshops for SMEs & citizens on phishing, safe banking, and cyber hygiene.
  • 🔗 Website: Argentina CSIRT

Chile – CSIRT de Gobierno (Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública)

  • 2025 Focus: Continue their Mes de la Ciberseguridad (October). Campaign slogan last year: “Cuida tu Información, Protege tu País.”
  • Activities: free webinars for citizens, academic outreach sessions.
  • 🔗 Gob.cl CSIRT

Colombia – MinTIC + ColCERT (Colombian National CSIRT)

  • 2025 Plan: Outreach on cybercrime prevention, fintech security, and child protection online.
  • 🔗 ColCERT MinTIC

Regional Coordination – OAS/CICTE (Organization of American States)

  • Runs joint cyber-awareness conferences in Latin America (aligned to CSAM in October).
  • 🔗 OAS Cybersecurity

2️⃣ Educational / Semi-Government

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) – already strong in Mexico → also collaborates regionally.

PUC (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)

  • Hosts annual Jornadas de Ciberseguridad in October with government + industry partners.

Universidade de São Paulo (USP, Brazil)

  • Runs October seminars on cybersecurity awareness for students & faculty.

Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

  • Through its Information Security courses, participates in MinTIC’s national October campaigns.

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA, Argentina)

  • Open seminars/workshops with local CSIRT focused on privacy and cyber hygiene.

3️⃣ Big Tech (Regional Operations)

As in North America, Big Tech dominates October campaigns in South America, mostly adapting global messaging to Spanish/Portuguese.

  • Microsoft LATAM → Large October CSAM program, webinars in Spanish/Portuguese.
  • Google LATAM → “Sé Más Seguro con Google” campaign (privacy & anti-phishing).
  • Cisco LATAM → Free workshops for government/sme; Spanish-language CSAM toolkit.
  • IBM Security & Kaspersky LATAM → sponsor October awareness events with Brazilian & Argentinian institutions.

4️⃣ Private / Independent (Non–Big Tech)

Here’s where it gets thin again — but there are some initiatives beyond corporates:

  • ISACA Latin America Chapters (São Paulo, Bogotá, Santiago, Buenos Aires)
    • Webinars, training sessions, local cyber-awareness contests in October.
  • ESET Latin America (based in Argentina)
    • Runs strong October CSAM outreach (WeLiveSecurity en Español). Offers free articles, toolkits, webinars for consumers.
    • 🔗 ESET Latinoamérica
  • NGO: Fundación Karisma (Colombia)
    • Digital rights NGO that participates in awareness campaigns around privacy & safe digital practices, sometimes linked to October.
    • 🔗 Karisma
  • Smaller community banks/telecoms (e.g., Banco do Brasil, Telefónica/Movistar)
    • Run cyber-safety October campaigns (though usually corporate-focused).

➡️ Outside of ISACA + ESET + NGOs like Karisma, very few truly independent civil/private CSAM campaigns in South America.

✅ Summary (South America 2025):

  • Gov: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia run October “Mes de la Ciberseguridad” campaigns, coordinated with OAS.
  • Edu: Universities like PUC Chile, USP Brazil, UBA Argentina, UniAndes Colombia run October seminars.
  • Big Tech: Microsoft LATAM, Google LATAM, Cisco, IBM Security — heavily involved.
  • Private Non–Big Tech: ISACA chapters, ESET (very active, Argentina-based), Fundación Karisma (Colombia).