Protecting civic space.
Defending civil society.

Open Briefing is the only organisation working worldwide to provide professional and appropriate holistic security and duty of care support to at-risk civil society organisations and activists in repressive and violent environments.

Our international team provides high-impact mentoring, capacity-building and technical assistance across safety and security, digital security and wellbeing and resilience. We also work extensively with the senior management teams and boards of international funders and NGOs.

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“Without hesitation I recommend Open Briefing. The way they take time to understand your organisation, adapt to your needs, and provide insight and tailored guidance has been unfailingly impressive.”

Nick Martlew, UK Director, Crisis Action

“Open Briefing has been an essential service to me and my organisation. I am grateful that they exist; they permit me to make well-thought-out decisions on how to oversee my organisation’s duty of care.”

Jessi Ginther, Director of Operations, Center for Civilians in Conflict

“From identifying critical gaps to implementing practical policies, Open Briefing should be your first call to assess and strengthen your security profile.”

Brad Brooks-Rubin, Managing Director, The Sentry

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Civic space and civil society are both under threat; Open Briefing is a vital part of the response. Since 2011, we have been building a more resilient civil society that can empower marginalised communities, defend human rights, and hold governments and corporations to account.

Latest news

Celebrating women humanitarians on World Humanitarian Day

19 August 2019

Open Briefing becomes voting member of the CIVICUS global civil society alliance!

16 August 2019

Wanted: Exceptional civil society leaders from the global south for advisory board

15 August 2019

Call to support effective funding for the safety and security of aid workers

17 July 2019

Recruiting for members of our new advisory board [Closed]

1 July 2019

Open Briefing now a member of the Mental Health Innovation Network

20 May 2019

From the archive

Big data and strategic intelligence

7 July 2015

In this journal article for Intelligence and National Security, Open Briefing analyst Kevjn Lim examines the intersection of Big Data and strategic intelligence from a conceptual viewpoint. It argues that Big Data analytics is best used to discern long-term developments, generate intelligence hypotheses, and adduce refuting facts. The article also examines the use of Big Data via social media. It concludes that Big Data should continue to complement traditional subject-matter expertise, supported by game theory, as part of a tripartite analytical framework for strategic intelligence consisting of ‘subtext’, ‘context’ and ‘metatext’. Read more