Risks, Dangers, and Threat Models: Evaluating Security Analysis for Conflict Practitioners
Date
2021-08
Authors
Loadenthal, Michael
Nielsen, Peyton
McCarthy, Devin
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Publisher
Better Evidence Project
Abstract
The risks to conflict practitioners, peacemakers, humanitarian aid workers, and others serving ‘in the field’ are diverse, deeply contextual, and ever-changing. While ample literature exists focused around documenting and evaluating the history of these dangers, far fewer resources have been authored to promote a comprehensive, proactive, and agile framework for predicting, observing, and understanding risks and threats to one's safety and security. While it is true that many organizations provide their employees with carefully-written guides containing security ‘dos and don’ts,’ what are practitioners meant to do when the conditions on the ground change? Instead of providing fixed solutions to emergent problems, this paper argues for a flexible framework to understand security and risk, and as a result, facilitates the development of a sustained, adaptable security posture and risk balance.
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Security, Aid Workers, Technology