Remembering Andy Marshall
NGO Security Management
With Andy’s death, the NGO security community has lost a passionate man with an incredible amount of knowledge and the rare quality to say things…
21 Feb 2020
Blog
With regular contributions from the GISF Secretariat and guest experts, the GISF Blog explores a range of topical, contextual and theoretical developments affecting the practice of humanitarian SRM.
Investing in capacity-building for field-based security focal points
NGO Security Management
In this blog, Michael Blyth, COO of RSM Corp, explores how training can be used to build capacity for field-based security focal points.
28 Jan 2020
Simulated Learning: intuition in hostile environments
Acceptance, Private Security Providers
In this blog, the first of a new series on training, Ebe Brons explores the role of intuition in hostile environments and how to 'learn' it effectively.
16 Jan 2020
Beyond the tick-box: developing a person-centred approach to Security Risk Management
Gender, Human Rights, NGO Security Management
In this blog, which marks the end of GISF's winter campaign on Inclusive Security, our Research Advisor, Léa Moutard, explores the what, how, where and why of person-centred security risk management.
16 Dec 2019
Speaking up, Speaking Out: Why security concerns don’t always get reported
NGO Security Management
In the fourth instalment of a monthly blog series entitled Understanding Us: new perspectives on risk, safety and resilience, Meredith Moore explores some of the reasons why security incidents can go unreported.
5 Dec 2019
GISF’s Autumn Forum: Coordination and the Future of Security Risk Management
Acceptance, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management
Following GISF's second members' forum of 2019, this blog piece reflects on sessions covering the future of the sector, and collaboration between the UN and NGOs.
19 Nov 2019
Can we prevent violence? Looking back on human evolution can give us some insights
NGO Security Management, Safety
In the third instalment of a monthly blog series entitled Understanding Us: new perspectives on risk, safety and resilience, Meredith Moore introduces how evolutionary psychology can give some insight into the prevention of violence.
6 Nov 2019
Your Brain in an Emergency: the What and the Why
NGO Security Management, Safety
In the second instalment of a new monthly blog series entitled Understanding Us: new perspectives on risk, safety and resilience, Meredith Moore introduces our brains' reactions to emergency situations.
7 Oct 2019
What does behavioural psychology have to do with our safety?
NGO Security Management, Safety
In the first instalment of a new monthly blog series entitled Understanding Us: new perspectives on risk, safety and resilience, Meredith Moore introduces how behavioural psychology relates to our safety.
5 Sep 2019
World Humanitarian Day 2019: Developing Strategic Leadership for Humanitarian Security
NGO Security Management
To mark World Humanitarian Day 2019, this GISF blog post by Frances Nobes of World Vision explores strategic leadership in humanitarian security.
19 Aug 2019