DISCO is a non-traditional infosec certification program developed by and for community organizers and activist. It is a project to subvert the antisocial impulses of typical corporate infosec resources. DISCO is made in collaboration with Digital Defense Fund and Hacking//Hustling, co-led by Kate Bertash, Danielle Blunt, and Daly Barnett.
Digital Security for Community Organizers is about reckoning with the tension between publicity and privacy in activist movements. The program is a conscious bringing together of various movements for bodily autonomy.
For the inaugural 2023 rollout of DISCO, the following courses were led:
- The Nervous System and Digital Security: The Body and the Work
- Tech Policy Landscape & Reproductive Justice: An AMA with a Lawyer
- Threat Modeling for Yourself and Others
- Community Data Hygiene, Mutual Aid, and Secure Communications
- Financial Workshop for Community Organizers: LLC, S-Corp, 501c3, fiscal sponsorship, or nothing
- Payment Processors and Risk: Navigating Disappearing Infrastructure
- Hustling and Fundraising: How We Fund Our Work
- Long Grass & Needles in Haystacks: Doxxing Prevention, OSINT
- Crafting Brave Spaces: Tips on Facilitation
Stay tuned for news about our 2024 plans!
You can find Digital Defense Fund at: https://digitaldefensefund.org
And Hacking//Hustling at: https://hackinghustling.org