One missed update or one bad link can expose the people you protect. We keep your team's Windows and Mac computers patched, monitored, and protected. No security team required.
Most independent newsrooms, legal clinics, and advocacy groups run on ordinary laptops that nobody is paid to look after. That is where problems start.
Operating systems and everyday programs like browsers, Zoom, and PDF readers develop security holes that need regular patching. When nobody owns that job, computers fall behind.
Tips, leaked files, public-records downloads, unfamiliar links, and café Wi-Fi are part of the work. Any of them can carry malware or a phishing page.
Built-in protection can be switched off, fall out of date, or raise an alert that nobody sees. A warning with no one reading it is not protection.
A compromised laptop can expose sources, clients, or members, stop publishing, and eat weeks of time you do not have. Steady prevention is far cheaper than recovery.
We install a small set of security tools on each covered computer and then operate them for you. You keep working the way you already do.
We schedule and verify operating-system and application updates so known security holes get closed without anyone on your team having to remember.
Covered computers are monitored for signs of compromise. A 24/7 security operations team from our partner Huntress investigates serious activity and can help contain an infected machine.
Known phishing, malware, and attacker-controlled domains are blocked before a page loads, on any network: office, home, or travelling.
We check that every covered computer is still connected and protected, follow up on anything that needs attention, and send you a short monthly report in plain language.
Each additional computer is $25 at setup and $20 a month. Same price for Windows and Mac. Month to month, cancel with 30 days' notice. Five computers for a year: $2,388 plus setup.
Our current focus. Reporters open tips, leaks, and records from strangers every week, often on personal laptops and public Wi-Fi. We keep those machines patched and watched so one bad file does not become a newsroom-wide problem. Networks and funders can sponsor a cohort of newsrooms under one agreement.
For newsroomsPrivileged files, member lists, and campaign plans live on the same kind of ordinary laptops. Same service, same price. Book a Baseline Review and we will tell you what we would set up.
Book a Baseline ReviewSecure Origin is run by Rafael Gutierrez, Director of Technology at The Southlander, a worker-owned newsroom in Southern California, with a background in security operations and adversary emulation. The service is shaped by what a small newsroom can actually run and afford, and every change is tested in our own lab before it reaches a client. About Secure Origin
Tell us roughly how many computers your team uses. We will tell you what we would set up, what it costs, and whether we are the right fit.