Digital Security
Digital Security
Encryption Works is our introductory guide on how to protect privacy in the age of surveillance. It was originally published as a white paper by our first CTO and current board member Micah Lee in July 2013, following the first Snowden revelations. It's in the process of being updated for 2016.
We offer in-person training on various privacy and security tools for media organizations and individual journalists. If you're interested in getting some help, please put in a request through this form.
Journalists and newsrooms are increasingly being targeted through their email. Virtually every "sophisticated" hack of an individual reporter or entire news organization starts with a relatively simple attack: phishing and spear phishing. Prepare yourself for this eventuality with our e-mail hygiene guide.
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. It's developed and maintained by us. Check out the list of instances, and go here to ask for assistance installing it.
If you can't find what you're looking for here, check out these other digital security guides and tip sheets from experts around the web:
• EFF's Surveillance Self Defense
• Digital First Aid Kit
• Tactical Tech & Front Line Defenders Security-in-a-box
• FSF's Email Self-Defense
• CPJ's Journalist Security Guide
• TCIJ's Information Security for Journalists
• Internews SaferJourno Toolkit
• Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy