The Humanitarian Access Paradox: Data Security in Contested Settings

• Main Author: Searle, Martin
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; Cybersecurity, Biosecurity and Nuclear Safety
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85540; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43740
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In complex humanitarian settings, potential data thieves include warring parties. Beyond undermining privacy, data loss risks violating neutrality, an often critical principle for negotiating humanitarian access. Can aid organisations protect that information?