DSCI — Promoting Data Protection, a nasscom initiative
CERT-In, I4C, Maharashtra Cyber, Government of Maharashtra, and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Be Cyber Street Smart campaign theme artwork

Enter the Show to Be Cyber Street Smart

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

This October, cyber safety takes the stage. Through familiar stories and everyday situations, the Kathputli theatre turns simple lessons into habits you'll carry all year. Small, smart choices that keep you cyber street smart.

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

LET THE SHOW BEGIN

About the Campaign

An Old Tradition
A Whole New Stage

This Cyber Security Awareness Month, the 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.

Explore the campaign ↓

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.

English

Be Cyber Street Smart English wallpaper artwork

हिन्दी

Be Cyber Street Smart wallpaper artwork preview in the Hindi edition

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.

DOWNLOAD SCREENSAVER
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.

Posters in English & HindiPoster 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.

English

Cyber safety poster artwork in English

Poster 01 — English

Minimal cyber safety poster artwork

Poster 02 — English

हिन्दी

Cyber safety poster artwork in Hindi

Poster 01 — Hindi

Minimal cyber safety poster artwork

Poster 02 — Hindi

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.

Four stories
Four smart moves

Infographic collection

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Infographic 01

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Infographic 02

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Infographic 03

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Infographic 04

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Short Awareness StoriesCyber Kathas

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

Try the interactive story below while the four campaign videos are prepared.

Cyber KathasShort stories, lasting habits

Campaign videos coming soon

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

New episodes, 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.

#BeCyberStreetSmart   #CSAM2026

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Cyber Katha · You choose the ending

The familiar voice