Creating enabling environment Security risks and how to mitigate them

Crucially important

1) Our physical safety2) Secure communication

UK: Activist hacks into abortion clinic’s website and threatens to release ‘database of contacts’DAILY MAIL, PUBLISHED: 00:22 GMT, 9 March 2012 | UPDATED: 03:36 GMT, 9 March 2012

An activist claims to have hacked into the website of Britain’s largest abortion clinic [BPAS].He claims to have the ‘entire database and contact details’ of women who had contacted the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and warned that information would be released today.…

“Around 26,000 attempts to break into our website were made over a six hour period, but the hacker was unable to access any medical or personal information regarding women who had received treatment at bpas.

'The website does store details (names, addresses and phone numbers) of people who have requested information from bpas via the website, including those making personal inquiries as well as health and education professionals, the media and students.”

Ann Furedi

Website of 28 de Septiembre Campaign in LAC

WGNRR website registration page

How to protect your data?

PASSWORDS

Make them:•Long•Complex•Practical•Not personal•Unique•Keep them a secret and keep them fresh

E.g. R3PR0DUCT!Ve

ENCRYPTION

Encrypting your information is a bit like keeping it in a locked safe. Only those who have a key or know the lock's combination (an encryption key or password, in this case) can access it.

Software: TrueCrypt, FreeOTFE, The FREE CompuSec, Steganos LockNote

Note: Please bear in mind that the use of encryption is illegal in some countries (Russia, China, Myanmar etc)

KEEPING YOUR ONLINE COMMUNICATION PRIVATE

All Web addresses normally begin with the letters HTTP, as can be seen in the example below:

E.g. Yahoo, HotmailWhen you are visiting a secure website, its address will begin

with HTTPS.

E.g. Gmail, RiseUP

HOW TO DESTROY SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Eraser is a free and open-source secure deletion tool that is extremely easy to use. You can wipe files with Eraser in three different ways: by selecting a single file, by selcting the contents of the Recycle Bin, or by wiping all unallocated space on the drive.

MORE INFO1) How to remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the

Internet2) How to destroy sensitive information3) How to use mobile phones as securely as possible4) How to encrypt your instant messaging….And MUCH more:

https://security.ngoinabox.org/en

Physical security

Sybil, a grassroots activist in NigeriaI got an assassination threat call by someone who called himself a killer some time in 2011. He told me that someone paid him to kill me.…

Cycle of Violations of Women’s Human Rights

Useful resources: Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice. A Guidebook onWomen Human Rights Defendershttp://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf2008/EN_Claiming_Rights.pdf

Useful resources:

PROTECTION MANUAL•FOR

HUMAN RIGHTS

DEFENDERS

http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/manuals/protection

Emergency Response Team

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