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Citizen Clinic
  • Welcome to ​the Citizen Clinic Cybersecurity Education Center
  • Case Studies
  • Clinic Curriculum
    • Syllabus
    • Lesson Modules
      • Introduction to Public Interest Cybersecurity
      • Ethics and the Citizen Clinic Code of Conduct
        • Citizen Clinic Student Code of Conduct
      • Old School INFOSEC: Basic Controls
      • Digital Surveillance of Politically Vulnerable Organizations: The Threat Landscape
      • Problem Diagnosis and Reframing
      • Threat Modeling & Bounding Risk Assessments
      • Contextual & Capacity Research
        • Contextual Assessment Informational Requirements
        • PESTLE M Worksheet
      • Information Gathering
      • Open Source Research Methods, Safety, and Tools
      • Adversary Persona Development
      • Threat Scenario Development
      • Changing Security Behaviors
      • Social Engineering and Phishing
      • Designing Security Training
      • Psychosocial Resilience
      • Harmful Information (Misinformation and Harassment)
        • Fictional Case Studies
        • Mitigation Framework
    • Condensed Bibliography
  • Low-Resource Organizations
    • Introduction
    • Section 1: Why do Low-Risk Organizations Need Cybersecurity?
    • Section 2: Common Cybersecurity Controls
    • Section 3: Additional Cybersecurity Best Practices
    • Appendices
      • Appendix A: Building a Security Policy for Your Organization
      • Appendix B: Implementation Guidance
      • Appendix C: Moving Beyond the Baseline
  • Clinic Infrastructure
    • Virtual Private Network (VPN)
    • Creating Virtual Identities
    • Security Evaluation Framework for OSINT Tools
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Welcome to ​the Citizen Clinic Cybersecurity Education Center

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The is a public interest cybersecurity clinic at the University of California, Berkeley. We support the capacity of politically targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. Building off the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s on the ecosystem of organizations providing technical assistance to civil society, the clinic supports multidisciplinary teams of students to assess threats to targeted organizations, recommend risk-appropriate mitigations, and work collaboratively with clients to implement new policies and technical controls that enhance their cybersecurity.

For organizations seeking more information about Citizen Clinic, please visit .

The Citizen Clinic Cybersecurity Education Center

The Citizen Clinic Cybersecurity Education Center is designed to share basic cybersecurity resources for civil society organizations, and to inform other academic institutions that may be interested in adopting the clinic model.

Visit this page to read case studies about our recent work.

Interested in setting up a cybersecurity clinic? View current and past Citizen Clinic syllabi and reading lists, case studies, in-class activities, and work assignments.

Setting up the technology infrastructure for your own program? Check out our primers and policies for setting up virtual profiles, virtual private networks, and phishing simulators.

All organizations need a basic level of cybersecurity, so whether or not you think you are at risk of a cyberattack, we encourage you to read our Baseline Organizational Security Guide.

Comments or Ideas? or email us at citizenclinic@berkeley.edu.

Citizen Clinic is a program of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. Learn more at .

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