KnowBe4, the leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, today released its free resource kit in support of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026. This year’s toolkit casts employees as “Secret Agents” in the elite Workforce Risk Division and provides IT leaders with tools to build organizational resilience against evolving cyber threats.
Observed every October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an international initiative led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance. The campaign provides organizations worldwide an opportunity to strengthen their security culture by driving awareness around social engineering, artificial intelligence threats, data security and active threat reporting.
KnowBe4’s eighth annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month resource kit is designed to make security awareness training more engaging and interactive. The Secret Agent theme positions employees as part of the elite Workforce Risk Division, empowering them to see themselves as active defenders against cybercrime.
“Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity for the security community to present engaging, new content to their users and drive home the importance of staying secure, even if they have existing security awareness training,” says Erich Kron, CISO advisor at KnowBe4. “With cybercriminals adopting AI-driven tactics such as deepfakes and advanced social engineering, threats are continuously evolving and organizations need fresh, engaging ways to keep users vigilant. This year’s kit turns security awareness into an interactive mission, empowering employees to see themselves as active defenders.”
The kit organizes October into four week-long cyber missions, focusing on phishing & social engineering, AI safety & deepfakes, data security & passwords, and incident reporting. Along the way, employees will meet four Workforce Risk Division specialists, each with unique skills to tackle the cyber threats of the week.
"Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a reminder that cybersecurity is more than an IT issue,” said Lisa Plaggemier, executive director, National Cybersecurity Alliance. “Cybersecurity skills are life skills. Every person, family, and organization has a role to play in creating a safer digital world. We're grateful to partners like KnowBe4 who help expand the reach of this important work and make it possible to equip more people with practical guidance.”
The resource kit includes four Workforce Risk Division Specialist character cards and posters, plus additional posters and digital signage assets available in multiple languages. It also includes four tabletop exercise documents to test team skills in real-life scenarios across multiple common cybersecurity risk types.
Organizations get access to a curated collection of security awareness training videos and interactive modules from KnowBe4's award-winning training library, along with resources to help plan activities including the Cybersecurity Awareness Month Resource Kit Strategy Dossier and a Weekly Planner. The kit also features a top-secret Mission Brief on a KnowBe4 free tool and access to two of KnowBe4’s newest on-demand webinars and whitepapers.
The free kit is designed to help IT and security leaders drive security culture and employee engagement during Cybersecurity Awareness Month and beyond, helping organizations combat social engineering, AI threats, and data security risks through continuous security awareness training.
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15 years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.
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