In the face of increasingly common and complex digital attacks, surveillance, and censorship, strong digital resilience enables NDI’s partners to better achieve their democratic goals at reduced risk of disruption and harm. DemTech supports NDI partners in building this digital resilience through a range of tested approaches that address both technical threats and the real-world, human barriers to strong digital resilience and security. To this end, DemTech develops and deploys innovative learning resources and approaches, provides direct risk assessments and training, and collaborates with a global network of digital resilience experts to connect partners with the localized tools and support that they need to reduce their risk while more effectively carrying out their critical work.
Illustrative Digital Resilience Assistance Options for NDI Programs: This document outlines the range of tested approaches that DemTech maintains to effectively support partners’ digital resilience needs.
NDI Programs and Digital Resilience Outline: This slidedeck contains a basic overview of DemTech’s areas of focus and resources related to digital resilience.
CyberSim: CyberSim is an experiential learning exercise designed to simulate risk for democracy actors. The goal: to facilitate buy-in for and implementation of better security practices by helping organizations experience the potential consequences of unmitigated risks in an interactive setting. DemTech has developed versions of Cybersim for CSOs, Political Campaigns/Parties, Parliaments, and Election Observation Organizations. Take a look at this video and this video to learn more about how CyberSim works, alongside this NDI.org success story.
Cybersecurity Handbook for Civil Society Organizations: The Handbook is an open-source resource designed to help CSOs develop an understandable and implementable cybersecurity plan. It includes explanations of key security topics that organizations and their staff should be aware of, essential strategies and recommended tools to limit risk, and tips and links to additional resources that can help an organization implement such recommendations. Languages: Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Cybersecurity Handbook for Political Parties: The Handbook is an open-source resource designed to help political parties develop an understandable and implementable cybersecurity plan. It includes explanations of key security topics that parties and their staff should be aware of, essential strategies and recommended tools to limit risk, and tips and links to additional resources that can help a party implement such recommendations. Languages: Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Cybersecurity Handbook for Parliaments: The Handbook is an open-source resource designed to help parliaments develop an understandable and implementable cybersecurity plan. It includes explanations of key security topics that parliaments and their staff should be aware of, essential strategies and recommended tools to limit risk, and tips and links to additional resources that can help a parliament implement such recommendations. The Handbook was produced by NDI and the House Democracy Partnership (HDP). Languages: Albanian, Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Alissa for Olania!: Alissa for Olania! is a mobile-friendly, single-player choose your own adventure game designed to teach digital security best practices - especially to those active in political or civic campaigns. As the campaign manager for Alissa Orme, a first-time presidential hopeful in the fictional country of Olania, players are tasked with boosting Alissa’s popularity to help her win the election, while navigating digital security incidents on a shoestring budget.
Digital Organizing SOS: Stories of Security: In this single player, mobile-friendly online game, you play the role of a cybersecurity trainer to help leaders of civil society organizations more safely and effectively organize virtual workshops, fundraise online, use social media, and collect and store data. Languages: Arabic, English, French, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish
Understanding Spyware: A Guide for NDI’s Partners: This guide is intended to walk high-risk NDI partners through an explanation of what spyware is, why it is important, and what steps they can take to reduce spyware risks.
Digital Security Basics for Democracy Activists Course: This free online course is designed to cover the most essential, foundational concepts of digital security for those newer to the topic. Please note that it is not intended as a comprehensive resource for those in high-risk environments.
Free Yubico Security Keys: Through Yubico’s Secure it Forward Program, DemTech can provide no-cost physical security keys for account protection to NDI partners. For more details contact DemTech and see the following guide (English; Spanish).
Free Tunnelbear VPN Codes: Through Tunnelbear’s Bandwidth Protection Program, DemTech can provide no-cost, unlimited access to Tunnelbear VPN to NDI partners. For more details contact DemTech and see the following guide.