YOUR DATA WHAT KIND OF DATA ARE YOU USING? Videos? Photos? Audio recordings? Social media posts? Files (such as PDFs)? Satellite imagery? Text? SMS messages? Medical records? GPS coordinates? Paper documents? Something else? WHO COULD YOUR DATA PUT AT RISK? Think about the people that create the data, who are described in the data, who provide or deliver the data, who store the data (including your team)! WHERE WILL YOUR DATA BE STORED? Even information stored “in the cloud” ultimately exists on a physical server somewhere. Will you use your own server or someone else’s? Can you access it safely? Do you trust the owner? HOW CAN YOU HANDLE YOUR DATA SECURELY? Look for a tool that offers Encryption, as well as Audited Open Source Code*. Data should be encrypted wherever it exists: • at rest (stored on a device or server) • in motion (sent over email, wifi, etc.) * O  pen Source means the code is available for review. If the code has been audited by people or organizations you trust, and no one has found any flaws, then it may be as secure as possible. DATA