Date: Thu,  3 Aug 2006 12:19:00 +1000 (EST)
From: Mark Carey-Smith <m.careysmith@...dent.qut.edu.au>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: NGOs and information security

Hi all,

I'm a PhD student in the Information Security Institute at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia.

I'm doing some research into the information security needs of NGOs like human rights, environmental and social justice organisations.

My hypothesis is that whilst some of these groups are well resourced, the majority are not and this would have a direct effect on their information security management practices (or the lack thereof as the case may be). I also believe that as such organisations are often in opposition to state and business actors with far greater resources than them that there is a significant power imbalance, which in some circumstances will be to the detriment of these NGOs through interception and eavesdropping on communications. There is also the possibility of industrial espionage being carried out against such groups.

I would be very interested to hear of any ideas from list members, particularly anyone with experience in the field with such matters.

My PGP public key is here:
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x78BB2F98

Thanks,

Mark. 

Mark Carey-Smith
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology

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