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THE UNITED NATIONS DITCHES BIG TECH IN A BID FOR SECURITY

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By Chiara Castro
published April 22, 2024

UNICC has chosen Element to secure its communications





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The United Nations has moved towards better privacy and security as it says
goodbye to Big Tech apps for good.



Following a competitive selection process, the United Nations International
Computing Centre (UNICC) has chosen UK-based encrypted messaging platform
Element to secure all communications—from written emails and chats to audio,
voice calls, and even video conferencing.



UNICC has been responsible for providing information and communication
technology systems for all the United Nations organizations and programs for
over 50 years. The switch to Element indicates that better privacy, security,
and flexibility are increasingly important for organizations handling sensitive
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COMPLETE CONTROL OF DATA 

The Element Server Suite reportedly stood out above other apps as a secure
end-to-end encrypted and digitally sovereign platform—two elements that IT
leaders increasingly describe as top priorities. 

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While the concept of encryption (the process of scrambling data into an
unreadable form to prevent unauthorized access) might be familiar to many,
digital sovereignty refers to the actual ownership of data. 



"The whole point of Element, and the Matrix protocol on which it’s built, is to
give end-users complete ownership and control of their data," said Matthew
Hodgson, CEO & Co-Founder at Element.

Hodgson explained that instead of blindly trusting a tech company to handle all
its data correctly, UNICC has now a platform it can self-host, manage, and
configure for its requirements within a few clicks. 


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"The benefits of decentralization and federation to securely connect multiple
servers and organizations are precisely relevant when thinking of the United
Nations agencies' work," he said.

We've already mentioned how UNICC is the main partner for digital and
cybersecurity solutions within the United Nations framework. It is then
responsible for deciding the digital tools to employ across more than 90
partners and stakeholders.

From today, April 22, 2024, these organizations have replaced all their email
and chat systems with the Element app. Alongside written communications, all
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and video conferencing are now passing
through the Element infrastructure.

Completely self-hosted by UNICC through an Element Enterprise subscription, the
Element suite will also support a bunch of features ideal for corporate use,
such as advanced identity and access control (including support for Single Sign
On), auditing, and reporting.

As with all the Element apps, these are available for iOS, Android, and Desktop.

"We are excited to collaborate with Element to secure our communications with
partners, replacing email, unsanctioned messaging apps, and insecure video
chat," said Sameer Chauhan, UNICC Director. "Additionally, we expect this
solution will serve as out-of-band support to facilitate our incident response
and crisis management plans."

UNICC isn't the first organization to boost its communication infrastructure's
privacy and security by switching from Big Tech to Element secure apps.

At the beginning of April, Sweden's public sector said goodbye to Big Tech, too,
as the major telecom provider Tele2 unveiled its new secure online
collaboration hub. Germany has also been working with Element to build a
digitally sovereign and open-source solution called Open-Desk.

Commenting on the time about this push for alternative communication apps,
Hodgson told me: "As a government, you simply don't want your data on a platform
belonging to some vendor. On a day-to-day level, it means end-user organizations
not being beholden to a big tech firm, locked into a proprietary platform."


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help promote the rights and denounce the abuses of the digital side of
life—wherever cybersecurity, markets and politics tangle up. She mainly writes
news, interviews and analysis on data privacy, online censorship, digital
rights, cybercrime, and security software, with a special focus on VPNs, for
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