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Small Business, Big Threats: Cybersecurity Essentials for SMEs

As every click, swipe, and purchase connects us to a vast online world, small businesses face increasing cyber threats. These threats can disrupt operations, damage reputation, and prove financially costly if not properly managed. The Cybersecurity Checklist for SMEs offers small-and-medium enterprises practical steps across key areas like business leadership, infrastructure, and emergency preparedness to...

Expanding Opportunities for Salvadorian Women Entrepreneurs

In the heart of San Salvador, the Foro Mujer Digital event celebrated the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of Salvadorian women. Through this vibrant gathering, women entrepreneurs who had completed the CIPE and Salvadorian Association for Economic and Social Development (FUSADES) program demonstrated how the trainings helped them expand their businesses. Addressing Challenges and Thriving in...

New Efforts Against Online Gender-Based Attacks

In today’s highly digital world, connected by the internet, social media, and messaging applications, it is important that women are trained to identify and prevent online gender-based violence (GBV). Globally, roughly 85% of women have reported witnessing online violence against women.

Securing the Future: Innovation and Economic Security at CFIS 2024

The 2024 Forum on Investment Screening and Economic Security (CFIS 2024) in Paris marked a pivotal moment in the global conversation on economic security, bringing together top officials, industry leaders,...

El impacto de la violencia basada en género en entornos digitales en Colombia

En un mundo altamente digitalizado, conectado por internet, las redes sociales y las aplicaciones de chat, es importante que las mujeres estén informadas y capacitadas para identificar violencias basadas en género (VBG) en línea y para prevenir y protegerse frente a estos actos. Aproximadamente 85% de mujeres han observado VBG digital.

Advancing Digital Inclusion for Persons With Disabilities Across Africa

Persons with disabilities face significant barriers to meaningful online engagement, including inaccessible tools and platforms, costly assistive technologies, and low levels of digital literacy. As part of its work to...

New Efforts to Counter Sanctions Evasion Schemes

CIPE's work to support democratic resilience and economic security includes educating business communities on practices that put them at risk. Newer efforts involve raising private sector awareness about growing schemes to circumvent the international sanctions put in place following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.