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Deflect Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Deflect provides solid protection from distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on websites. Built for and by people within the human rights and democracy community, Deflect can help defend against some of the most common ways a malicious actor may try to take down an organization’s online presence.
Description Updated: Feb 13, 2023
KeePassXC
We all have too many passwords. The only way to create and safely manage them all is to use a password manager like KeePassXC. A free, open source tool, KeePassXC can secure your passwords and other important information easily, though without automatic cloud synchronization.
Description Updated: Feb 13, 2023
Tableau
Many civic organizations and governments collect data in their work, but gathering useful insights from spreadsheets can be challenging. Data visualization tools such as Tableau can help an organization understand what their information means and use it to make informed decisions.
Description Updated: Feb 13, 2023
Outline Virtual Private Network (VPN)
VPNs are powerful tools to help avoid surveillance or censorship. Outline, by Jigsaw, a project of Google/Alphabet, is open source software to host your own VPN and share access with your community without risking that a service provider could violate your privacy. With some technical skill and a reasonable monthly cost, Outline is a powerful circumvention system for civic and political groups or rights organizers.
Description Updated: Feb 10, 2023
Webflow
A simple website builder that doesn't require the ability to write code.
Description Updated: Feb 08, 2023
think10
The #think10 safety planning tool provides women in politics guidance on how to enhance their personal security by combining scores from a self-assessment questionnaire and the country score from NDI’s new Women’s Political Participation Risk Index. The WPPRI calculates the risk to politically active women in 172 countries. In using the tool, women in politics can develop a safety plan relevant to their personal and professional profile, and in their political context. Each country’s ranking in the WPPRI is built from three indicators: the level of women’s political participation at the national level; the state of democracy in each country; and the likelihood of violence that women in that country face. NDI has based these indicators on data gained from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and Georgetown University’s Institute of Women Peace and Security.
Description Updated: Oct 18, 2022
Canva
Canva is a graphic design tool that enables users to drag-and-drop feature and layouts to easily design beautiful visual content and infographics.
Description Updated: Oct 18, 2022
Critical Mention
Critical Mention is a media monitoring and media contact monitoring tool. Users have access to television, radio, print media, podcasts, online news, and social media. While the tool is in English, it draws from news sources in over 90 languages. Dashboards tracking media can be tailored to the user, and Critical Mention maintains good customer support with trainings, a help desk, and a willingness to work with clients to integrate new sources. The tool is cloud-based and works especially well with traditional media sources.
Description Updated: Oct 18, 2022
Airtable
Airtable is a spreadsheet platform with database functionalities that allows users to create visualizations, processes, and integrations for custom applications.
Description Updated: Jul 14, 2022
Google Groups
A service from Google that provides discussion groups for people sharing common interests through email distribution lists. Google Groups are not designed for secure communication.
Description Updated: Dec 15, 2021