FREE workshop: Data protection & communication security: How to keep your digital information secure

national | miscellaneous | event notice Thursday August 25, 2011 09:46 by WH

Protect your internet & phone use against spies, hackers & censors

Protect your computer from spyware and hackers, protect sensitive files on your computer. Keep your internet communication private and secure. Ensure your email and instant messaging is secure. Remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the internet. Use mobile phones as securely as possible.

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Free workshop: Data protection & communication security: How to keep your digital information secure

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
6pm to 8pm
The Science Gallery (Paccar Theatre)
Pearse Street
Dublin 2

This is a FREE event, but tickets are a first come first serve basis. To reserve your tickets please go to:
http://www.sciencegallery.com/events/2011/08/data-prote...ecure

About:
The session will deliver practical techniques with step-by-step instructions to improve the security of your data. We will examine how to protect your computer from spyware and hackers, protect the sensitive files on your computer and how to destroy sensitive information. The workshop will also give practical advice to help keep your internet communication private and secure. We will investigate how to improve the security of your email and instant messaging, as well as techniques to remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the internet. Finally we will discuss how to use mobile phones as securely as possible.

This workshop is open to everyone, and will be particularly useful for investigative journalists, activists, members of the NGO community and anyone working with sensitive information.

The speaker:
Wojtek Bogusz is a digital security consultant, providing training and advice to human rights activists on how to increase the privacy and freedom of communication in repressive environments.
He currently works for Front Line https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/ an international foundation for the protection of human rights defenders. He is the co-author and project leader of Security in a Box - a toolkit of software and guides for improving computer security and privacy.

Gavin Sheridan will introduce Wojtek, Gavin is one of the main forces behind Ireland's biggest FOI (freedom of information act) platforms: www.thestory.ie , he is also a journalist with www.Storyful.com.

This free workshop is co-sponsored by:
Distilled Ideas, Frontline, The Science Gallery, The Story.ie and Pixelapes
It is a FREE event, but tickets are a first come first serve basis.

To reserve your tickets please go to:
http://www.sciencegallery.com/events/2011/08/data-prote...ecure