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CISA identifies high-risk communities — activists, journalists, human-rights defenders, academics, and civil-society staff — who are targeted because of their work or identity. Knowing your own risk profile tells you which defenses to build first.
Name your risks
Security decisions get easy once you know what you're protecting, who wants it, and what happens if they get it.
- List your most sensitive accounts, files, and contacts.
- Ask who would benefit from access — scammers, harassers, or a determined adversary.
- Rank fixes by damage prevented, not by effort.
- Assume your primary email is the top prize and defend it first.
Get help when you need it
CISA maintains a resource catalog for high-risk communities, including digital-emergency help, the Digital First Aid Kit, and cyber volunteer clinics for under-resourced organizations.
- Save a digital-security helpline contact before you need it.
- Know your organization's incident reporting path.
- Share CISA's free materials with colleagues and family.
- Treat unusual login alerts as incidents, not annoyances.
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