Safer cyberspace in South Sudan

SafetyComm is an online platform and community that provides tools, methodologies, and resources on the online safety of social media users and digital natives. Our volunteer-based community actively provides technical training, user education, community experience sharing, and rapid response to social media safety incidents.

Mission

Provide a safer digital experience for citizens by reducing all forms of harm resulting from cyber threats

Objectives

Communicate

Provide publicly visible and easily accessible channels for South Sudanese to report cyber safety issues using dedicated support lines for government, public, and private sector officials to assist with cyber safety-related
incidents.

Create public awareness on cyber risks and cyber safety.

Utilize a multimedia approach to engage the public on current cyber trends.

Publish weekly and monthly reports and analyses that will give partners a better understanding of the landscape and provide valuable insights for grassroots actors, security sector organs, and policymakers on safety online.

Protect

Establish a multidisciplinary team that works on receiving and handling incidents related to online safety within the country; ensuring citizens’ safety by tackling cyber safety incidents that have the likelihood of causing emotional or physical harm.

Provide technical support to users who
experience issues related to cyber safety in South Sudan.

Support victims of cybercrime and cyber
intrusion by availing various resources for the detection, recovery, and mitigation of cyber incidents.

Educate

Provide in-house capacity building on
cyber-attack readiness to various public, private, and non-governmental institutions.

Establish an active user empowerment
Center consisting of simplified material on various technical and non-technical topics related to online safety and user empowerment.

Experts