# Training in operational security (OPSEC): A look back at 2025.

- Type: News
- Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Date: 2025-12-29
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/52027
- Topics: Monitoring, Security, Human Resources, IP Address, Scientific Research

## Summary

It's no secret that digital surveillance and other forms of oppression using technology pose serious risks to individuals involved in liberation movements. The increasing trends of technology-driven authoritarianism and hyper-surveillance are recurring themes in the various risk assessments we conduct. The EFF's "Surveillance Self-Defense" project is a crucial countermeasure to these threats, but it's not all we do to help others address these issues. Our team regularly receives inquiries and requests for security training and presentations.

## Full text

It's no secret that digital surveillance and other forms of oppression, facilitated by technology, pose serious risks to individuals involved in movements for freedom. The increasing trends of technology-driven authoritarianism and hyper-surveillance are universal themes in the various risk assessments we conduct. The EFF's (Electronic Frontier Foundation) "Surveillance Self-Defense" project is a crucial countermeasure to these threats, but it's not everything we do to help others address these issues. Our team regularly receives inquiries, requests for security training, presentations on our research, and requests for general advice on operational security (OPSEC), which is the process of applying digital privacy and information security strategies to existing workflows. This year, we received a remarkable number of requests, both in quantity and urgency. By combining the efforts of our teams for Technology for the Public Good and Activism, we advised approximately 66 groups and organizations, with at least 2000 people participating in those sessions. These interactions typically involve...

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