WESTERN EUROPE 2025

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

1️⃣ Government / Regional

ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity)

  • Campaign: European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) (official EU-wide campaign, every October).
  • 2025 Theme: “Think Before You Click – AI & Cyber Resilience” (continuing from 2024’s “Secure Connected Future”).
  • Activities: EU-wide media toolkit (logos, hashtags, infographics), joint theme weeks (phishing, ransomware, online scams).
  • 🔗 Cybersecuritymonth.eu
  • 📩 press@enisa.europa.eu

European Commission – DG CONNECT

  • Co-leads ECSM with ENISA. Ties it to digital strategy + NIS2 Directive roll-out.

National Governments:

  • Germany – BSI (Federal Office for Information Security): Runs BSI Cybersicherheitsmonat. Focus on ransomware, IoT. 🔗 bsi.bund.de
  • France – ANSSI (Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information): Runs “Cybermoi/s” in October. 2025 plan emphasises digital identity + AI risks. 🔗 ssi.gouv.fr
  • Spain – INCIBE (Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad): Nationwide #MesDeLaCiberseguridad. Youth workshops, SME training. 🔗 incibe.es
  • Italy – ACN (Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale): Public awareness campaigns + SME guides. 🔗 acn.gov.it
  • UK – NCSC (though no longer EU): Runs Cyber Aware in October aligned with CSAM themes. 🔗 ncsc.gov.uk/cyberaware

2️⃣ Educational / Semi-Government

  • University of Oxford (UK) – Oxford Cyber Security Centre: Runs ECSM-linked seminars.
  • TU Delft (Netherlands): Heavy ECSM participant; workshops for students & public.
  • KU Leuven (Belgium): Annual Cyber Awareness October events (often tied to EU research projects).
  • University College Dublin (Ireland): Runs national “Cyber Week” in sync with ECSM.
  • Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia): Big player in EU cyber scene, runs October cyber-resilience hackathons.
  • Czech Technical University (Prague): Runs citizen campaigns in cooperation with Czech NCSC.

3️⃣ Big Tech

  • Microsoft Europe: Campaigns microsites in October, multilingual resources.
  • Google Europe: Be Internet Legends in schools tied to ECSM.
  • Cisco Europe: Security webinars, EU co-funded reports.
  • Kaspersky (HQ in Moscow but strong EU presence): October phishing awareness kits.
  • Orange Cyberdefense (France): Large ECSM corporate awareness push.
  • Atos (France), Deutsche Telekom Security (Germany), BT Security (UK): Each runs October cyber awareness customer campaigns.

4️⃣ Private / Independent (Non–Big Tech)

  • ISACA Europe Chapters: Very active — regular October events in London, Berlin, Madrid.
  • (ISC)² EMEA: Global training tied to ECSM.
  • European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO): Industry consortium, October campaigns. 🔗 ecso.eu
  • Digital Rights NGOs (EDRi, Privacy International, Access Now EU): Sometimes co-opt October themes for digital freedom campaigns.
  • Community Orgs: Local hacker collectives (e.g. Chaos Computer Club Germany) may run talks/workshops during October — not always “official ECSM” but parallel awareness.

✅ Summary (Europe 2025):

  • Gov/Regional: ENISA + EU ECSM backbone, with national CERTs running localized October campaigns (France’s Cybermoi/s, Germany BSI Cybersicherheit, Spain INCIBE, UK Cyber Aware).
  • Edu: Universities like Oxford, TU Delft, KU Leuven, UCD, TalTech are active ECSM partners.
  • Big Tech: Strong corporate involvement (Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Orange, Atos, BT, Kaspersky Europe).
  • Private/Independent: ISACA/(ISC)² chapters, ECSO industry groups, plus privacy/civil rights orgs piggybacking October.