GISF Guest Writer: Security Risk Management in the Age of Social Media
GISF's first guest writer, Anis Chouchane, examines the impact of social media on security risk management.
17 Nov 2014 News
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Security risk management in the age of social media
The killing of kidnapped British aid workers, David Haines and Alan Henning, by the Islamic state (IS) is another testimony of the security risks humanitarian personnel are increasingly facing. With the plummeting security situation in Iraq and Syria, humanitarian actors have increased their activity on social media to draw attention to their causes and to the plight of their beneficiaries. This activity, however, is putting them at an increased risk of kidnapping by militant groups.
17 Nov 2014 Blog
Guidelines for Organisations Working in Countries Affected by the West Africa Ebola Outbreak
Interhealth fact sheet on the ebola outbreak, 31 July 2014.
4 Nov 2014 Resource
Information for Humanitarian Aid Healthcare Workers: Ebola Virus Disease
Public Health England information sheet for humanitarian health care workers, working with Ebola patients, 31 July 2014.
4 Nov 2014 Resource
Introducing the new GISF website
Take a whistle-stop tour around the new European Interagency Security Forum website!
24 Oct 2014 News
New project on communications technology goes live!
The objective of this project is to begin a conversation towards a better understanding of the specific nature of the security threats created by the digital revolution, and the implications for the security risk management of humanitarian staff and programmes.
23 Oct 2014 Blog
GISF – Impact of Counter-terrorism Legislation on Humanitarian Operations and Security Risk Management Webcast
In this GISF webcast, Naz Modirzadeh, (Senior Fellow, HLS-Brookings Project on Law and Security, Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement project at Harvard Law School), addresses these questions. She also deals with further practical implications of counter-terrorism measures, with a particular focus on the impact for those involved in security risk management for NGOs.
21 Oct 2014 Blog
Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and opportunities for security risk management
The editors and contributors of this volume are to be congratulated on a practical text that pushes forwards our knowledge and understanding of the virtual space that now surrounds humanitarian operations, and which can have such a physical impact upon…
20 Oct 2014 Resource
New GISF publication on communications technology and security risk management
Communications Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management is a new publication by GISF that brings together 17 authors. The 11 articles contained in this publication are dispatches from a new frontline in humanitarian action: the digital frontier.
20 Oct 2014 News
Understanding risk management of aid organisations: An analysis of security system design and function
Research summary: A research project by Christopher Finucane, www.humanitarianpolicy.org,in cooperation with the Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, and the Security Management Initiative (SMI) of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).…
5 Sep 2014 Resource