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<span style="font-size:larger">'''March Monthly Gathering''' </span><br>
<span style="font-size:larger">'''March Monthly Gathering''' </span><br>
Join us for the February VPN Community Initiative Gathering with the [https://operatorfoundation.org/ Operator Foundation] team.
This month we are excited to welcome Kaia (Front Line Defenders) and Darika (Security Matters, Thai Netizen) to discuss emerging threats and challenges to users in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In an election year (Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia) and with the backdrop of plans to implement GFW-style firewalls in Cambodia and Vietnam, organizations and digital security trainers regionally are searching for usable and affordable censorship-resilient tools and approaches to prepare users for election-related internet disruptions as well as the potential for more permanent censorship regionally.<br>
 
Dr. Brandon Wiley, President of Operator Foundation, will present on the topic of how to respond to incidents of escalated blocking of VPNs and other core Internet services. Dr. Wiley will be presenting Operator’s incident response methodology, as well as discussing the new Incident Response Working Group.The incident response methodology is a framework for handling escalated blocking through information gathering, analysis, and the development and deployment of mitigations to the escalated blocking measures. Operator’s methodology guide includes a step-by-step process that organizations can follow, as well as concrete case studies of the process in action.<br>


'''Date:''' March 30, 2023<br>
'''Date:''' March 30, 2023<br>

Revision as of 15:55, 21 March 2023

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Monthly VPN Community Gatherings bring together technologists, academics, providers and frontline defenders working within and around the VPN ecosystem on a monthly basis in order to:

  • Create a space for open dialogue and discussion around current issues and challenges in the VPN ecosystem;
  • Provide an opportunity for community members to share news and updates about their respective work; and
  • Facilitate collaboration and mutual support among community members that furthers improvement of the VPN ecosystem for end users.

Next Events

March Monthly Gathering
This month we are excited to welcome Kaia (Front Line Defenders) and Darika (Security Matters, Thai Netizen) to discuss emerging threats and challenges to users in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In an election year (Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia) and with the backdrop of plans to implement GFW-style firewalls in Cambodia and Vietnam, organizations and digital security trainers regionally are searching for usable and affordable censorship-resilient tools and approaches to prepare users for election-related internet disruptions as well as the potential for more permanent censorship regionally.

Date: March 30, 2023
Time: 13 UTC
RSVP https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/monthly_vpn_03_22

Notes from Past Meetings

March 30 2022, VPN Community Gathering
February 23 2022, VPN Community Gathering
December 15 2022, VPN Community Gathering
October 13 2022, VPN Community Gathering
September 22 2022, VPN Community Gathering
August 25 2022, VPN Community Gathering
July 28 2022, VPN Community Gathering

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