Calendar · 2026
A year of Human Risk Management, month by month.
Twelve themed monthly topics, each built to strengthen your team's awareness and readiness against human risk, with insight drawn from the Living Security Platform.
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Each month includes
A goal, the actions,and the content to run it.
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A Living Security goal
A goal that brings the monthly theme into focus, so you can assess and understand the human risk behind it. Twelve themes that follow how an HRM program develops.
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Recommended actions
Actions matched to your program's maturity, focused on the most impactful steps for measuring and influencing behavior change. More than 40 across the year.
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HRM content
Content aligned to the risk behaviors and threats most critical to your organization, with more than 50 pieces available in the Living Security Training Platform.
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