Protect witnesses and contact persons • • Secure hard information • • • • • Secure electronic information • • • • Communication and Online Activity • • • • • • Transport • Ensure personal security • • • specific order. Ensure informants are fully aware of potential security risks; Respect the principle of confidentiality. Keep information stored apart in a secure location; Install a lockable filing cabinet; Regularly destroy documents that are no longer anymore; Code and distort information; Make copies of all important documents and keep them in a separate, secure place. Use external storage devices; Equip computers with a boot-up password and reliable anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall software; Encrypt sensitive files; Be careful when resorting to cloud computing; Ensure regular back-up. Never assume that lines of communication are secure; Avoid communicating sensitive information via email, phone, radio, and fax; Use code words; Rely on public key encryption for electronic communication. Use a VPN and preferably Tor when browsing online. Consider traveling route and means of transport beforehand; Try to remain discrete. Be familiar and comply with security routines if in place; Study contingency plans in detail; 137