Cybersecurity Briefers

Cybersecurity is increasingly relevant for international development and humanitarian assistance professionals. Bolstering cyber resilience in USAID’s partner countries is essential to securing USAID’s digital investments and ensuring sustainable impact for the communities USAID serves.

These briefers serve as quick reference guides and advocacy pieces to help development stakeholders, including USAID Mission staff and Implementing Partners, better understand the impact of cybersecurity across international development programming. 

Based on the Cybersecurity Primer, these briefers provide concise guidance to USAID technical teams on how to embed cybersecurity into programming. Each briefer explores cybersecurity within the following sectoral focus areas:

• Agriculture and Food Security 
• Conflict Prevention and Stabilization
• Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance 
• Digital Financial Services 
• Economic Growth and Trade
• Education
• Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure
• Gender Equality
• Global Health
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Youth