Call for Proposals
GISF is seeking to hire a consultant or team of consultants to carry out research for its forthcoming publication on Good practices, lessons learnt, and…
20 Jun 2023 News
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Call for Proposals: Good Practices, Lessons Learnt, and the Unique Challenges Affecting Security Risk Management in Urban Humanitarian Responses
GISF is looking for a consultant to produce a new long-read article. The article will be approximately 18 pages and will seek to identify the unique factors in urban environments that pose a challenge for the security of humanitarian operations.…
20 Jun 2023 Resource
BBC Radio 4 | Hacking and cybercrime
Scott Shapiro, Alice Hutchings and Jenny Radcliffe explore the world of hacking and cybercrime, with Tom Sutcliffe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mssj
19 Jun 2023 Resource
Evolving NGO Security Risk Management (Ep4) The Intersection of Technology and Human Security | GISF Podcast
About the Series: This podcast series ’Evolving NGO Security Risk Management’, looks at the innovations, transformative developments, and dynamic trends facing the humanitarian and development sector. We have elected to explore the facets of ‘Evolving NGO SRM’, to unpack the changing…
25 May 2023 Resource
Evolving NGO Security Risk Management (Ep3) Humanitarian Notification Systems: unpacking the complexities and possibilities | GISF Podcast
About the Series: This podcast series ’Evolving NGO Security Risk Management’, looks at the innovations, transformative developments, and dynamic trends facing the humanitarian and development sector. We have elected to explore the facets of ‘Evolving NGO SRM’, to unpack the changing…
27 Apr 2023 Resource
GISF Welcomes New Business Partner: Conducttr
Conducttr is the go-to crisis-exercising platform for the humanitarian sector. Their simulation software enables NGOs to build and deliver realistic, emotionally-engaging team exercises.
13 Apr 2023 News
Rising to the Digital Security Challenge: how can NGOs prioritise cyber and information security?
The threats facing the humanitarian and development sector For organisations working in fragile or conflict states, the risks from cyber-attacks are…
21 Feb 2023 Blog
Online Risk to Real Life Harm: disinformation and social listening workshop resources
On 07 and 09 February, GISF was joined by Sandrine Tiller (Humanitarian Access and Networking Team Coordinator, MSF); Divya Pushkarna (Disinformation Advisor, MSF); Tom Keunen (Global Security Officer, Free Press Unlimited); and Anah Ayala Iacucci (Independent Consultant) for a two-part workshop on disinformation and social…
17 Feb 2023 Resource
Digital Safety for Humanitarian Responders to the Türkiye-Syria Earthquake
In this blog, NetHope's James Eaton-Lee explores the digital risks that NGOs responding in the context need to be aware of, and how they can manage these risks for reliable and safe connectivity and information sharing.
14 Feb 2023 Blog
Links shared by prominent accounts on Twitter differ widely from those shared on alternative social media
Established social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter differ in key ways from alternative social media sites such as Parler and Truth Social, a recent Pew Research Center study found. And these differences extend to the kinds of links…
17 Jan 2023 Resource