Mitigating Cyber Threats with Limited Resources: Guidance for Civil Society

This joint guide, developed as part of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s High-Risk Community Protection initiative and National Cyber Security Centre-UK’s Defending Democracy campaign, provides mitigation measures for civil society organizations to reduce their risk based on common cyber threats.

Industry reporting emphasizes the prevalence and global nature of cyber threats to civil society, necessitating their preparedness against a diverse range of politically and ideologically motivated threat actors. Civil society organizations are considered high-risk communities due to their high threat level and low defense capacity.