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About the Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign

October is recognised worldwide as Cyber Security Awareness Month.

It’s an ideal time for Victorians to educate themselves about protecting their digital identity. Cyber Security Awareness Month follows four national themes, covering the essential steps to digital security.

Victorians are increasingly at risk from cybercriminals wanting to steal their personal information. The Victorian Government is encouraging the community to reduce their cyber risks and protect their personal data by:

  • using strong passwords that are long, unique and unpredictable
  • turning on multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • turning on automatic software updates
  • recognising and reporting phishing scams.

These simple actions can greatly reduce the risk and impact of cyber threats.

The Victorian Government has launched an online cyber safety check to help people understand how cyber secure they are.

Help share the message

To help Victorians protect themselves from cyber threats, we need your help to share these messages. Please use the content within this pack and adapt it to share within your own networks in the Victorian community.

Cyber Security Awareness Month follows four weekly themes – you may wish to follow these themes during the month.

Newsletter/email content

Download suggested weekly email newsletter content by theme here:

Email copy
Word 33.56 KB
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Social media

Social media tiles can be used on posts to create awareness of the campaign. Download the campaign social media tiles here:

Social media tiles
zip 777.23 KB
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Please tag us in any posts

Video assets

Download moving visual assets to share on your social media channels:

Static campaign assets

Download fact sheets, campaign posters and outdoor signage here:

Fact sheets
PDF 1.61 MB
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A4 and A3 posters
zip 738.92 KB
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Outdoor signage
zip 596.1 KB
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Stakeholder kit

The following stakeholder kit contains:

  • information about the campaign
  • resources that can be used to share the messaging of the campaign.
Stakeholder kit
PDF 1.41 MB
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We ask that you please share any data, feedback and analytics relating to this campaign at the end of the campaign period (1 – 31 October 2024) to include in our campaign evaluation.

We thank you for your support.

If you have any questions, please contact communications@dgs.vic.gov.au

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