Cybersecurity in MENA

A regional organization advancing self-regulating information societies and defending digital rights across the Arab world.

A technology and law community defending digital rights and providing digital security support in Egypt and the region.

An international organization defending the digital rights of users at risk, with a dedicated MENA program and Digital Security Helpline.

A privacy-focused, end-to-end encrypted messaging app widely recommended for activists and journalists.

An open-source whistleblower submission system that lets newsrooms receive documents and tips from sources securely and anonymously.

A mobile app that helps activists, journalists and human rights defenders document abuses while encrypting and concealing their data.

Access Now's free, round-the-clock digital security helpline for civil society, journalists and human rights defenders at risk.

SMEX's knowledge hub covering digital rights, online safety and technology policy across the Arab region.

A digital-security guide by Tactical Tech and Front Line Defenders offering practical tools and tactics for activists at risk.

The EFF's guide to protecting yourself from surveillance, with tutorials on encryption, secure messaging and threat modelling.

A free, collaborative resource helping activists, journalists and responders diagnose and respond to common digital emergencies.

An Arabic-language digital-security platform by IWPR providing guides, news and training for journalists, activists and netizens.

A rapid-response fund providing emergency grants and long-term digital-security support to civil society under digital threat.

The Open Technology Fund's primary fund supporting internet-freedom projects, digital-security tools and applied research worldwide.

An international foundation providing protection grants and rapid support to human rights defenders at risk worldwide.

Practical, threat-based digital-security habits that help activists and journalists in MENA stay safer online.