your phone can be dangerous. Therefore, try to only take pictures when you can forward and delete them immediately. 209 Electronic Documents With regard to electronic documents: • Use external, encrypted, and password protected storage devices and memory sticks for storage rather than computer hard drives. • You may also use a laptop with a removable hard disk. Portable devices are easier to hide and can be transported/carried off premises quickly in case of emergency evacuation. These devices also need to be password protected and should never be left unprotected in the office. If a computer is stolen, the consequences will be less severe if its hard drive does not contain sensitive information. • Make sure to enable disk encryption on your computer and other electronic devices (for Windows, Android or MacOS; this is automatic on iPhones and iPads). Remember, it is always possible to print important materials if and when needed. Equip computers/devices with reliable anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall software, as well as a boot-up password to prevent others from accessing them. Bear in mind that despite up-to-date antivirus software, risk of infection or hacking remains present.210 It is advised to get trained on how to detect such issues as well as what to do when encountered. • In addition, encrypt all sensitive electronic files and protect them with a password. Encryption tools are often freely available on the Internet. GNU Privacy Guard (for Windows, Mac, and Linux) or AxCrypt (for Windows only) are excellent and easy to use. 211 • In addition, ensure that electronic documents are regularly transferred to a secure storage site. This may be the organization’s head office or another security place. When possible, transfer to a safe location outside of the country where the violations occurred. • Ensure that electronic documents are regularly backed-up. 209 Marit Maehlum, Human Rights Monitoring, in MANUAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING. AN INTRODUCTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD OFFICERS 1, 25 (Kristin Hogdahl, Ingrid Kvammen Ekkerr and Lalaine Sadiwa, eds., 2002). 210 Av-Comparatives, an independent organization specialized in the testing of those softwares, recommend to use Avira (available at http://www.avira.com/fr/index) or F-Secure (available at https://www.fsecure.com/fr_FR/web/home_fr/home). 211 Jason Fitzpatrick, Five Best File Encryption Tools (Dec. 31, 2010), available at http://lifehacker.com/5677725/five-best-file-encryption-tools. 130