What digital security solutions [don’t] work for civil society organisations

Date

1:30 pm—1:50 pm · June 10, 2025

Room

Dijlezaal (This won't be livestreamed)

Civil society organisations combat dictatorships, corruption, election falsifications, etc — and so are natural enemies to actors with huge amount of resources and motivation to fight back. Hear RESIDENT.ngo's experience with recent sophisticated attacks in Eastern Europe, and learn what measures actually work for small to medium civil society organisations. Please note: This session won't be livestreamed or recorded.

Longer description:

Civil society actors change the world, combat dictatorships, corruption, election falsifications and so on — and so they are natural enemies to actors with huge amount of resources and motivation to attack them.

RESIDENT.NGO is one of many defenders who support civil society and provide long-term digital security assistance to orgs in Eastern Europe.

Hear their experience with recent sophisticated attacks, and learn what combination of tech and non-tech solutions/measures actually work for small to medium civil society organisations — as well as why these solutions might seem quite simple, but are extremely hard to implement in reality.