Summer Conference Events

Sort all your information security problems with our InfoSec walk-in clinic. Located in the atrium next to the #CIJSummer registration table, it will help you with your security questions and set up.

This session provides a general introduction to the broad field of information security. We will be giving some basic definitions, describing a range of the possible risks of using digital technologies, and introducing some of the available strategies and tools to improve your digital security.

(90 mins) 16:30 BST / 11:30 ET Barton Gellman is one of three journalists to have shared the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Edward Snowden’s revelations on mass surveillance, as part of the programme he talks to author, journalist and activist Cory Doctorow about the national security beat and working with whistleblowers and leaks.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST / 13:00 EST As chronicled by Ronan Farrow in Catch and Kill, private investigator Igor Ostrovskiy found himself working freelance for Black Cube, a shady Israeli intelligence company investigating Harvey Weinstein's accusers.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST / 13:00 EST This masterclass is a conversation with Omar Mohammed, author of the Mosul Eye blog which documented life under ISIS rule in Iraq’s second city on how to protect your investigations from the prying eyes of repressive authoritarian regimes.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST / 13:00 EST This masterclass explores how operational and digital security work in the documentary and investigative film-making field. When you need to get on the ground to record footage, or record interviews in person for broadcast, it can add layers of complexity to some elements of source protection.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST / 13:00 EST This introductory session will feature a welcome from CIJ Director James Harkin and Freedom of the Press Executive Director Trevor Timm, as well as a special discussion between Jessica Bruder and Laura Poitras moderated by James Marcus.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST / 13:00 EST This masterclass from intrepid investigative journalist Iona Craig takes a closer look into Iona's experience reporting from conflict zones like Yemen while protecting sources, fixers and her investigations.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST & 18:00 EST This session focuses on guidelines and frameworks to support your sources to protect their own identity. Even if you take every care to keep your own infosec practices tight, it will often mean little if you can't also give your sources the support they need to secure their communication with you from their side.

Book a one to one session with one of our trainers to go over specific issues or review last weeks training.