Salmini comes from the Swahili phrase salama salmini, which means safe and sound. It’s a set of digital security guides for the person in a small civil society organisation who ends up responsible for security, whether or not it’s in their job description. If you’re the one colleagues come to when a strange email arrives or a phone goes missing, these guides are written for you.
Who it’s for
The guides are written with organisations of 15 to 25 people in mind. You don’t need to be a security professional to be a security champion: many champions run programmes, finances or communications, and look after their colleagues’ digital safety on top of that work. The guides assume no technical background and explain each term the first time it comes up.
Many readers work in difficult or high-risk settings, so the guides deal directly with surveillance, doxxing and harassment by people who want your organisation to stop its work.
How they’re written
Security advice often leans on fear. These guides don’t.
They focus on what you can do: realistic steps for small teams with limited time and money. Looking after people is part of security. It has its own guide, Well-being and care, and it runs through the guides on training, online harassment and incident response.
How the guides are made
Each guide is researched before it’s written and reviewed before it’s published.
Where to start
Start anywhere. Each guide stands on its own, and related guides are grouped into topics, such as Account Security and Communication Security. If you’re new to this, begin with Why digital security matters, or find your path: four quick questions that suggest where your team should start.