From Fall 2017 – through the Spring of 2018, I got to work with ten other trainers to collaborate on the design and facilitation of a digital security training series for organizations, and our pilot group was organizations supporting immigrants in NYC. In particular, our goal was to “build power – not paranoia!” Over the… Continue reading Digital Security Training Guide for Organizations
Category: Digital Security
Secure your facebook data
The tragic thing about the Cambridge Analytica data is that it was collected in part because people said “Yes” to a Facebook app without getting informed. Given the recent dragging Facebook is getting for being a pipeline to share people’s data, I thought this instance of IT Tech Tips could focus on: Things you can do to make your facebook use… Continue reading Secure your facebook data
A data stewardship approach to security audits
While the concept of a security “audit” can turn off some folks, I like to bring in data stewardship as a care practice to ground us in why digital security matters — and how audits can become a normal and non-creepy part of your technology practices. Data stewardship is a caring approach to data security.… Continue reading A data stewardship approach to security audits
Digital Information Security: Explaining the Two Main Issues & How To Deal With Them
[download this resource as a PDF:infosec_resources_femmetechdec2016-1] While the current political climate in the US is spawning mass interest in digital security, the situation as it stands has been created over the last 20 years or so, with concern and activism around the issue rising with the tide of technologies that are fueling the problems. Here… Continue reading Digital Information Security: Explaining the Two Main Issues & How To Deal With Them
Digital Security Options for Punk Community Spaces
[from a mini-discussion 9/29/15 at QUILTBAG++, with much thanks to Roo Khan of Palante Tech for skills and recommendations] Recently I was presented with a technology problem: the downloads in a rural, well-traveled, punk/artist community space are threatening that spaces’ security to retaining internet access. Is a strongarm solution – hard limits to the www –… Continue reading Digital Security Options for Punk Community Spaces