Basic
Type of Organization or Community: Human rights organization.
Type of Work: Equity and justice work.
Country or Region: Latin America (Venezuelan chapter).
Work Environment: On location; in the field.
Organization or Community Size & Makeup:
- Number of Staff or Members: 3
- Number of Volunteers/Interns: 20
- Number of IT/Technical Staff or Members: 0
Legal and Cultural Landscape
i. Setting/Place Organization that works for social justice and equity, fighting poverty and seeking to generate capacity so that citizens can fully exercise their rights and duties.
ii. Connectivity quality Very low in the communities they work in and moderately stable in the office.
iii. Cultural & social norms The target communities are in extreme poverty, state aid and social benefits are used for political purposes, and there is persecution against members of NGOs and human rights defenders.
Security Practices and Policies
- All the important files are saved on several different accounts on Google Drive and external hard drives.
- Institutional emails are unique and non-transferable, passwords cannot be shared and it must be reported when the person ceases to be part of the organization so their account and all their information can be deleted.
- The passwords of the organization’s accounts in social networks are changed when someone stops working at the organization.
Tools + Devices
Devices:
- Computers.
- Smartphones.
- Tablets.
Tools & Platforms:
- Google Workspace.
- Zoom.
- Internal organizational platform
Key Processes or Workflows
- Work meetings with the community.
- Monthly meetings of the entire board of directors for project planning and review.
- Biweekly meetings of coordinators with their teams for planning.
Key Challenges or Questions
- What alternative platforms to Google or Microsoft can we use to store and secure the organization’s information?
- What additional security measures can we activate on organization devices for greater protection when working in the field?
