Helpful resources

Resources related to digital emergencies

Security in a Box https://securityinabox.org
Surveillance Self-Defense (Revision forthcoming)
Information security for journalists https://www.cpj.org/reports/2012/04/information-security.php
Communications Security: https://help.riseup.net/en/security
Short 'How To' Mobile Security Guide https://guardianproject.info/howto/

My Website is Down; Documentation and guides for withstanding DDoS Attacks https://github.com/OpenInternet/MyWebsiteIsDown
If you are currently researching how to build your website to be resistant to attacks that might take it offline, you should first read through this guide by the Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/keeping-your-site-alive
AccessNow provides a much more in-depth guide with many more resources and mitigation techniques in English, Farsi, Arabic and Russian. Visit https://www.accessnow.org/policy/docs and click on DoS on the right side, or download a copy from https://s3.amazonaws.com/access.3cdn.net/3fd9faf32feb878cf7_krm6iy7bo.pdf

Front Line Defenders: provides support to Human Rights Defenders who are faced with an emergency http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/emergency
S.A.F.E Initiative: Integrated safety trainings that combine and address safety through the lens of digital identity, physical awareness and psychosocial care to at-risk media practitioners. An IREX initiative. http://www.irex.org/project/safe-securing-access-free-expression
Media Legal Defence Initiative: support to journalists, blogger and independent media under legal threat http://mediadefence.org/get-help
CPJ; provides direct assistance to journalists at risk and their families http://cpj.org/campaigns/assistance/
CPJ: journalists security guide https://www.cpj.org/reports/2012/04/journalist-security-guide.php