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Cyber Security Awareness Month · October 2026 · Pan-India Campaign

Watch, learn, and take hold of your own strings.

About the Campaign

An Old Tradition
A Whole New Stage

This Cyber Security Awareness Month, Data Security Council of India (DSCI) brings the timeless storytelling tradition of Kathputli to the digital age with the theme - Be Cyber Street Smart.

Staying safe online is a shared, everyday responsibility. Through various Kathputli characters, this pan-India campaign brings cyber safety to life through familiar digital situations, covering digital payments, email and app security, social media safety and emerging AI-powered scams, with a special focus on cybercrime redressal.

Everything here is free, practical and built to be passed on. We invite individuals, partners, organisations and communities to join DSCI in carrying these simple cyber safety messages to wider audiences.

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Many Stages. One Unforgettable Show

Pick a stage or keep scrolling. The puppets will show you the way.

Thematic ScreensaverScreen Manch

Join the campaign and show your support by applying the screensaver on your personal devices and across organisation.

For organisational use, company logos can be added to the screensaver.

The thematic screensaver is the campaign's simplest and most visible show of support, a single image that turns every laptop, desktop, and screen into a reminder that its owner is cyber street smart.

Usage Guidance

For individuals: Download it, set it as your wallpaper or lock-screen, and let it remind you all month to be cyber street smart.

For organisations: Add your company logo and set it as the default screen across your organisation for the month of October and show you are cyber street smart.

3-step micro-guide: 1. Download → 2. Add your logo (co-brandable version) → 3. Set as wallpaper / share with your team.

Drop us a line at csam@dsci.in in case you need the open files.

Be Cyber Street Smart English wallpaper artwork

Be Cyber Street Smart wallpaper artwork preview in the Hindi edition

Wisdom For Your WallsPoster Chaupal

The poster series takes the cyber-safety lessons at the core of the campaign and stages them as familiar everyday situations, each one a small Kathputli scene that an audience recognises immediately.

Designed to work equally well on an office wall, a community notice board or a social feed, the posters bring a visual recall and message.

Cyber Frauds decoded through Infographic SeriesSoch Samajh Chowk

An infographic series on AI-powered cyber frauds. Follow the thread of a scam, frame by frame, how it works, the red flags to watch for, and smart moves that change the climax. First chapter live now; more to follow.

Short Awareness VIDEOSCyber Kathas

Series of short video stories as cyber kathas featuring diverse Kathputli characters, each ending with one habit worth keeping. More kathas coming your way!

Cyber Kathas - Short Awareness Story

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Cyber Katha 01

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Cyber Katha 02

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Cyber Katha 03

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Cyber Katha 04

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The next act

Coming Soon To This Stage

Cyber Chronicles Reloaded 2.0 and the quiz are on their way

The next chapterCOMING SOON

Cyber Pathshala

Cyber Chronicles Reloaded 2.0 — Cyber Crime Comic Stories as Booklet

Carry the whole show home. A practical booklet with Cyber Crime Comic Stories, a companion of tips, lessons and actions to stay cyber street smart long after October, with a sharper focus on AI-powered scams. Coming soon.

Your turn on stageCOMING SOON · WITH MYGOV

Soch ka Interval

Put your cyber sense to the test, take the quiz and stand a chance to win exciting rewards. Coming soon in collaboration with MyGov.

The Conversation Must Continue

Take the story beyond this stage

The show doesn't end when you close the tab, it travels as far as you carry it. Share a poster, post a lesson, send the campaign with someone who needs it. Every share turns one viewer into the next, and one more person into part of a growing community that chooses to pause, think and choose wisely.

Be a storyteller. Spread the word, tag us in your posts, and help make safer choices.

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Cyber Katha · You choose the ending

The familiar voice

Poster 01 — English

Poster preview

Infographic 01

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Screensaver preview

Screen Manch · Thematic Screensaver

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Privacy Notice: The above information is collected to understand the screensaver adoption reach. Name, email, organization and designation are collected to know the details of our members and partners who adopted it. This information will not be used for any other purposes apart from this campaign.