Humanitarian- and conservation-focused organizations, particulaly those operating in smaller regional contexts, often lack the resources to secure critical data, or to operate safely in contested environments (such as when facilitating aid under state surveillance). These operational risks can lead to a hesitancy to collect important data.
Our security work focuses primarily on data security, application-level security and operational security. As a matter of policy, we tend not to disclose those of our partners for which we assist with security-related issues.
Protecting and sharing data about people remains a challenging and underappreciated area of risk for government agencies and humanitarian organizations. A better understanding of the tiered reality of identity protection is therefore critical to establishing appropriate strategies suitable to the needs of vulnerable people.
Contact us to learn more about our work in data and operational security.