Good Practice Review 8: Humanitarian Security Risk Management
The 3rd edition of a widely used reference on security risk management for humanitarian organisations. Practitioner experts revised it over 3 years. Its 7 chapters cover foundations, ecosystems, organisational and operational elements, people, technology, and specific threats. The 2025 edition adds a person-centred approach, the security burden on national and local actors, partnership security, access and deconfliction, and digital risks such as disinformation and surveillance. Security managers use it to design policies and plans.
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Humanitarian Outcomes; Global Interagency Security Forum (GISF); Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) at ODI (2025). Good Practice Review 8: Humanitarian Security Risk Management. https://gpr8.humanitarianoutcomes.org/
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