November 14th, 2014
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Approach information security in the same way you approach physical security. This means starting with a risk assessment and an emergency plan. For example, if you are concerned that you might be hauled and interrogated and made to surrender your password, you might use encrypted communication to send all sensitive information outside the country or wipe all contacts from your computer. You might even choose to do your reporting the old-fashioned way, using a notepad and a pen.

Get more great tips on how you can protect yourself and your sources in how journalists can protect their digital information by Columbia Journalism Review. 

Interested in learning more about security for journalists? Check out some of the takeaways from ONA’s dCamp: Digital Security.

(Source: cjr.org)

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