GISF at the Humanitarian Memorial: Remembrance to Action
The Commemorative Evening On 1 October 2025, The Humanitarian Memorial was unveiled in Gunnersbury Park, West London. The Memorial honours…
5 Oct 2026 News
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NGO Security Management
Early Warning, Local Monitoring, and the Security Challenges of a Changing Conflict Environment
Hi, I’m Pablo, an intern at the Global Interagency Security Forum. I’m currently studying for a master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies at Uppsala University,…
21 Sep 2026 Blog
UK Humanitarian Memorial: Commemorative Evening
On 1 October, the humanitarian community will mark one year since the unveiling of the UK’s Humanitarian Memorial, a tribute to humanitarian workers who have…
17 Sep 2026 Event
Three Days in the Life of a Humanitarian Security Professional
My name is Awil Bihi, a security management professional with over 18 years of experience in humanitarian security, access, and operational risk. As Risk and…
13 Aug 2026 Blog
Report from GISF’s Global Security Risk & Policy Conference (London, 2026)
Context GISF’s Global Security Risk & Policy Conference is the largest security gathering in the aid sector, bringing together a diverse ecosystem of NGO security professionals, UN agencies, donors, coordination bodies, and private-sector partners to confront challenges directly. This year’s…
13 Aug 2026 Resource
Security Risk-Sharing in Partnerships: Practical barriers and pathways for intermediaries
Context Over the past decade, the push for localisation has put partnerships with local and national actors at the centre of aid policy reform. While policy frameworks increasingly frame localisation in the language of partnership and shared responsibility, emerging evidence…
9 Jul 2026 Resource
GISF Celebrates 20 Years of Strengthening Security Risk Management
Two Decades of Progress, Built Together In the early 2000s, in response to incidents…
30 Jun 2026 News
The Politics of Acceptance: Practitioner perspectives on security risk management in politicised aid environments
Context Recent years have seen exceptionally high levels of violence against aid workers. This includes violence perpetrated by state actors, alongside a wider erosion of protections for humanitarian action as consensus weakens, access narrows, and risk shifts onto humanitarian actors.…
22 Jun 2026 Resource
Drone guidance: ‘Operating safely’ principles
This guidance sets out core principles to support decision-making in environments where drones shape risk, visibility, and access. It is not prescriptive or tactical; rather, it provides a framework to help NGOs interpret risk and adapt operations in a context…
18 Jun 2026 Resource
Drone Capabilities: Types, Tactics, & Targets
This paper provides the threat and risk analysis foundation for security risk management in drone affected environments. It supports the central questions for security professionals: what types of drones are actually in play in a given context, how are they…
18 Jun 2026 Resource