Security First

13/07/2021

Congratulations to Welcome To Chechnya on its nomination. Privileged that we could play a small part in helping the team bring this important story to the world.

Emmys / Television Academy

03/05/2021

Umbrella is a free, open source, app to help journalists learn about and manage their digital and physical security.

More info: https://www.secfirst.org

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/umbrella-security/id1453715310

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.secfirst.umbrella

Web:
https://umbrella.secfirst.org

28/04/2021

NEWS: Congrats to David France Alice Henty and the team behind Welcome To Chechnya which has been shortlisted a Award. Such an important story and it was a privilege that got a chance to help you tell it safely.

The nominees for the BAFTA TV Awards have been unveiled, and it was good news for Small Axe and The Crown. Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon anthology drama dominated with 15 nominations in tota…

22/04/2021

We've been working hard for the past year to become a carbon neutral organisation. Come see our progress and see how easy it is to sign up!

https://ecologi.com/securityfirst

08/04/2021

Security First Co-Founder speaking on 's about "The Suvreillance State: The Proliferation of Monitoring Tech." Ranging from phishing to Myanmar. Give it a listen! :)

What is the surveillance state in 2021 made up of and who are in the crosshairs of their weapons. The story used to be: the tech industry develops a monitoring tool, governments would be slow to understand and adopt them. Two decades later, that script has been flipped; governments are not only acti...

10/02/2021

Delighted to see Welcome To Chechnya is announced on the shortlist for Best Documentary Feature and Best Visual Effects at this years . It's such an important story and it has been a privilege for us to help them tell it safely and securely. Best of luck!

The Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature...

23/01/2021

Umbrella, a free and open guide to security for protestors and journalists. In English and Russian. 


Umbrella, бесплатное и открытое руководство по безопасности для протестующих и журналистов. На английском и русском языках. Оставайтесь в безопасности, друзья.

#23января #23январяЗаСвободу

More info: https://www.secfirst.org.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/umbrella-security/id1453715310
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.secfirst.umbrella
Web (Beta): https://umbrella.secfirst.org

21/08/2020

Very useful resource: "Protesting in : Secure Messaging, Circumventing Censorship, and Keeping Your Data Secure:

Belarusian Background On August 9th, Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in a disputed election. Thousands of protesters have been demanding a fair election and urging the President to step down as he supports police brutality, violent crackdowns on protests, and unlawful d

31/07/2020

With some of our favourite events like remote this year, we've been thinking about our carbon footprint in the past few years. It's high as we have had to travel a lot to train and work with people at risk. We're pleased to announce we are now offsetting it. Join us! https://ecologi.com/securityfirst

Thanks to our friends at D4H - Readiness & Response for leading the way and giving us the idea.

28/06/2020

As a rule it's rare we talk about the non-Umbrella App work we do but as this is now public we are proud to have been able to help the Welcome To Chechnya team tell this important story. Watch on June 30th or July 1st.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/23/welcome-to-chechnya-harrowing-film-regimes-gay-purge-david-france-lgbt

14/02/2020

Debriefing the Election: who cracked the code?

Join us as we debrief on Ireland's General Election! We will be discussing the role that technology and online communications played in this historic vote.

We're delighted to have the following speakers:

Ellen Coyne, Head of Politics at joe.ie
Rachel Lavin, Data journalist with Sunday Business Post
Una Mullally, columnist with Irish Times, one half of the United Ireland podcast

In this session of Coffee and Circumvention, we will be debriefing on the maelstrom that was Ireland's 3.5 week long General Election 2020 campaign. What has been observed by those monitoring digital disruption to the Election? What do the election results mean for the current political landscape, and what this will have in store for the things that we care about: the impact technology is having an effect on our societies. Did signatories of the Fair Play Pledge live up to the 4 commitments of playing fair online during the campaign?

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/debriefing-the-election-who-cracked-the-code-tickets-94436434919

Join us as we debrief on Ireland's General Election! We will be discussing the role that technology and online communications played in this historic vote. We're delighted to have the following speakers: Ellen Coyne, Head of Politics at joe.ie Rachel Lavin, Data journalist with Sunday Business Post....

24/09/2019

Hey everyone, as I am sure you are aware we now now have Umbrella in iOS (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/umbrella-security/id1453715310), Android
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.secfirst.umbrella) and are doing final public testing on a web version (https://umbrella.secfirst.org).

We are currently in the middle of an evaluation on Umbrella and are looking for feedback from users about how you've used it, what features and content you would like to see in future, etc.

It would be awesome if some of your can spare 10 minutes to do a quick survey on it!
http://bit.ly/umbellasurvey2019

We are also looking for people who can spare some time for us to do a slightly more detailed interview about it, so if you can - drop us a mail. It would be super appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to explore the app with us! Right now, we are working on evaluating the effectiveness of the app and learning from you about how we can make it better. Your responses to this survey will help us understand who is using the app and in what way so we can continue to make imp...