Professional training

Digital Security for Journalists: From Knowledge to Practice Through Simulation

An applied training experience transformed digital security knowledge into practice through simulation, SAFE PRESS, and the Besterra Trainer OS learning environment.

A session from the applied digital security training for journalists, featuring a practical simulation within a learning environment combining hands-on instruction, exercises, and performance assessment.

The training focused on transforming digital security into a daily practice grounded in the realities of journalistic work, covering threat modeling, account and device security, source and data protection, secure communication, field safety, low-connectivity work, and responses to digital incidents and gender-based digital violence. The SAFE PRESS model was used as a practical framework for spotting risks, assessing threats, strengthening accounts and devices, protecting sources, reducing data exposure, securing evidence, and managing initial incident response. The material was delivered through an applied methodology combining instruction, exercises, assignments, simulations, and practical projects, with Besterra Trainer OS used to organize content, activities, assessments, and participant progress within a unified training environment.