This day long intensive will cover operations and information security challenges and strategies localised to an Aotearoa NZ activism context. From digital hygiene to metadata, encrypted messaging and tracking, physical and networked surveillance, participants will walk out with newfound skills and mindsets to model threats, assess risks, and build operations plans that not only center mission safety, but also that of their fellow activists and loved ones.

Government and corporate surveillance tactics and histories will be covered, as will best-practice pre- and post-arrest strategies for the at-risk. Participants are invited to bring devices to the course to the ends of installing digital privacy and anonymity tools.

Please note, this workshop is solely for activists working in strictly non-violent capacities, in service to people and planet. Due to present pressures, tangata whenua will be given priority in booking ,with a maximum class size of 20 allocated.