Security in a Box updates in the 1st quarter of 2025
After almost 6 months from our latest blog post announcing news on Security in a Box, here's one more update on what's new in the website, starting with the announcement that at this point all the content in the guides linked from the home page has been completely updated in the past year and a half, and keeps being continuously updated and reviewed also thanks to the suggestions for improvement we receive through emails and Gitlab issues. Thanks to all the people who have taken the time to give us feedback!
But there is more: we have created new guides, added new features, updated some more tool guides and kept translating all the new and updated content into twelve languages: Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Farsi, French, Indonesian, Pashto (with the help of UN Women), Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Here's a complete list of what we added and updated in Security in a Box during the first quarter of 2025:
New features
- Security in a Box has now a search engine. This means that you don't have to explore the whole website to find answers to your questions: just click the lens icon in the top right corner of the website and a pop-up window will open where you can enter your key words and find the resources you are looking for.
- This blog has now an RSS feed that will allow you to keep yourself updated on everything we write here. If you use an RSS reader, click the RSS icon above the list of posts in the home page or just copy this RSS feed link and add it to the RSS feeds in your reader.
- We have added new Assess & Plan section, which include guides on how to assess your needs and threats and get ready for protecting yourself against potential threats. The Assess & Plan section currently includes the guides on physical security and on safer communications that were previously located in different sections of the website, as well as the new guide on how to Protect your information and devices while traveling.
New guides in Security in a Box
In the first quarter of the year, we added these new resources to Security in a Box:
- Protect your information and devices while traveling - a guide we felt was highly needed, especially given the current restrictions in border security controls around the world.
- Protect your data when using TikTok - another guide that was long overdue, given how this platform is being used more and more as a communication channel by journalists, activists and media outlets.
Guides updated in 2025
In the past 5 months, we have also completely reviewed the following guides:
- The whole section on safer communications
- Protect yourself and your data when using Instagram
- Protect yourself and your data when using X
- Protect the privacy of your online communication (the updated guide will be online soon.)
What's next
In the next few months, we will keep updating, expanding and restructuring Security in a Box. If you are curious about what we are planning to do, have a look at this Gitlab issue in particular, where we have defined our general update plan and are keeping track of our progress.
How to contribute
Security in a Box is an open-source resource, and we always welcome comments and suggestions. You can find instructions on how to give us feedback in our README page. We look forward to hearing from you, and to make Security in a Box always a bit more useful thanks to your input!
Image: Illustration to promote cybersecurity submitted in the Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge 2019 hosted by OpenIDEO, by Thomas Grimer, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
