Harnessing Collective Insights for Improved SRM
NGO Security Management
From content to collaboration, the 2023 GISF Spring Forums in Ottawa and Eschborn were filled with dynamic discussions. Across over 10 sessions, participants…
16 May 2023
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.
How Does Anxiety and its Social Defence Mechanisms Affect Security Risk Management Practices in the International Aid Sector?
NGO Security Management
Professionally, Baghdad always left me exhausted and confused. In my function as regional security advisor for a diplomatic representation, I visited the city…
18 Apr 2023
Lessons from an Insurance Provider in Ukraine
NGO Security Management
Insurance is a mechanism for transferring risk. Part of the feasibility study for any project should address all identifiable risks and allocate these…
4 Apr 2023
Humanitarian Access & Security Management: considerations for security staff
NGO Security Management, Access
What are humanitarian access impediments? Humanitarian access impediments are any obstacles or restrictions that hinder the ability of humanitarian agencies…
21 Mar 2023
Embracing Equitable Security Risk Management: a person-centred approach to women’s security
Gender, Inclusivity
This year, International Women’s Day is campaigning for people everywhere to ‘embrace equity’. We spoke to some of our members and other humanitarians about what…
7 Mar 2023
Rising to the Digital Security Challenge: how can NGOs prioritise cyber and information security?
NGO Security Management, Technology
The threats facing the humanitarian and development sector For organisations working in fragile or conflict states, the risks from cyber-attacks are…
21 Feb 2023
Digital Safety for Humanitarian Responders to the Türkiye-Syria Earthquake
Context Analysis, NGO Security Management, Technology
In this blog, NetHope's James Eaton-Lee explores the digital risks that NGOs responding in the context need to be aware of, and how they can manage these risks for reliable and safe connectivity and information sharing.
14 Feb 2023
Burnout and Security Risk Management: creating more caring and inclusive workplaces
Wellbeing
When I worked on humanitarian and development programmes, I was acutely aware of two things: that most of us were perfectionists, and that…
7 Feb 2023
What is Risk? NGO perspectives and implications for aid worker security
NGO Security Management
The interesting basis for this query is how, at relatively the same time, numerous organisations have concluded that security risk management (SRM) needs attention. Certainly,…
24 Jan 2023
When Security Risk Management and Technology Collide: getting humanitarian notification systems right
Civil-Military, Policy Guidance, Technology
The Current State of Practice, the Pathway Forward Unfortunately, the answer to the above question is that HNS…
10 Jan 2023