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On March 3rd 2021 GISF hosted a virtual training event. The event titled ‘Training for Security in Today’s world’ brought together GISF Members and Affiliate experts to discuss training for security today, considering how training has changed over the last…
Module 11: ‘ Inclusivity and Security Risk Management’ is in section (B) ‘Operational Security’ of our three-part series ‘Keeping up with COVID-19: Essential guidance for NGO security risk management’. This module is intended to guide security risk managers to be…
GISF is bringing together experts from across the aid world, to co-host multiple open access events aiming for broader engagement and increased understanding of Security…
Increasing attacks on aid workers continue jeopardising the sustainability of aid operations. Last year, 484 major attacks against aid workers were reported, 124 of which…
Humanitarian security risk management (SRM) is a framework designed to reduce risks to staff, assets, and the reputation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs). These practices aim…
This RedR ‘talking point’ video demonstrates the importance of knowing your staff, particularly local staff and partners when operating abroad. This clip highlights the dangerous outcomes that can occur when working with staff you do not know and how they…
This RedR ‘talking point’ video shows the importance of behaving appropriately when working abroad at all time, which includes out of office hours. Individual behaviours reflect on everyone else in your organisation.
This Red R ‘taking point’ video shows the use of Megaphones as an impersonal and unsuccessful way to address the public.
In this Red R ‘taking point’ clip, Mark Knight shares a personal in-field experience. Mark successfully used inter-personal communication with an armed rebel commander in Sierra Leone to remain safe in a hostile situation.
In this Red R ‘taking point’ video Koenraad van Brabant, Author of ‘Operational Security Management in Violent Management’ discusses the need to be aware of how you are perceived.