Mission coherent infrastructure

We are a global platform, information and operations security consultancy in service to NGOs, impact-driven organisations and grassroots movements

Creating safer spaces for your world-changing work

Digital infrastructure is the backbone of any modern organisation or movement, yet with that comes new risks. Those rising up for people and planet are hosting sensitive information on the servers of tech giants, and often in jurisdictions well beyond their own. Mission-critical decisions and actions are shared using platforms run by companies whose opaque data-sharing agreements with governments and other enterprises can quietly undermine whole operations. Companies are also bought and sold, terms change, with the dangers of vendor lock-in ever present.

It doesn’t need to be this way.

Our consultancy will ensure your organisation finds best-fit, best-practice and mission-coherent digital solutions for your work. From low-carbon European-based data-sovereign platforms and services under your control, to training packages, managed services, migration support and wholistic security audits, Nīkau will help your organisation achieve both greater independence and enhanced safety in what has become an increasingly predatorial digital environment.

“Nīkau’s insights helped an internal team for Just Stop Oil immediately step up security protocol and better implement data safety. They offered an expert consultation that was informed by real-world experience.”

Media Team, Just Stop Oil, UK

“Exceptional security guidance for our global cyber campaign, backed by real field experience and meticulous attention to detail.”

Coordinator, Act Different, Argentina

“Nikau have significant experience and know-how”

Gillo Cutrupi, Greenpeace International Information Security Manager

“There is no better one for secure infrastructure and operations!

Kolja Weber, CEO Flokinet

“Nikau gave personalised and sensitive tech security support and advice to an environmental defender who was in serious danger in Sudan. This was crucial for the activist’s safety.”

Cathy Allen, Extinction Rebellion

“These two trainings are worth every second or cent. I’m doing a lot of the covered topics for years now but this moved some of the parts to a complete new level and opened up some new perspectives on things. A clear recommendation. My work and the projects at Collective Zero will benefit from this.

Thomas Hutmacher (Collective Zero)

Our Services

Operations Security

Operations Security

Our proven, battle-tested operational security guidance has protected organisations and front line activists the world...

Security Auditing

Security Auditing

Up and running, but unsure of your operation’s security? Worried about organisational breaches, infiltration or...

Deployments

Deployments

Your organisation’s data is on someone else’s computer. Decentralising to self-hosted and sovereign...

Training

Training

We believe in empowering organisations and grassroots movements with self-sufficiency in their work, freeing them from...

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Nīkau palms have long had importance in Māori life. The world’s most southern palm, its leaves were used to thatch houses, to wrap food before cooking, and to weave into hats, mats, baskets, and leggings for travelling through rough undergrowth. From the outer portion of the trunk, Māori made storage containers and pots. The hard berries were made into necklaces or eaten when green. The immature flower is edible and can be cooked and eaten like cauliflower.

An inextricable part of Aotearoa’s ancient forest biomes, the bright red nīkau fruits take about one year to ripen and are an important food source for native birds, particularly the wood pigeon/kererū and kākā. This incredible southern palm symbolises everything our consultancy stands for - to provide shelter, nourishment, tools and protection for world-changing organisations to grow.

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