About

We run digital protection for human rights defenders.

Investigative teams, legal clinics, and advocacy organizations hold sources, clients, staff, and campaign data. We run managed security on the devices, passwords, and inbound mail they already use.

What we do

Managed security. Kept on.

We enroll devices, run the password vault, filter inbound mail, and stay on it when something breaks. You keep the tools you already use. See How we work for the engagement sequence, or the homepage for what we protect.

Who runs Secure Origin

Rafael Gutierrez

Rafael Gutierrez
Founder & principal

Rafael Gutierrez is the founder and principal at Secure Origin. He designs and runs operational security for investigative teams, legal clinics, and advocacy organizations.

His background is infrastructure operations, adversary emulation, and public-interest journalism. He is a member of The Southlander, a worker-owned newsroom, and is affiliated with Lucy Parsons Labs and Convocation Research and Design Labs.

Public-interest journalism and organizing inform how Secure Origin runs protection. Devices, passwords, and mail have to stay covered while people meet deadlines. The technical base is infrastructure operations and adversary emulation applied to sources, clients, and campaign data.

Secure contact
For sensitive inquiries, email hello@secureorigin.io. PGP fingerprint:
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Frequently asked questions

Common questions

What types of organizations do you work with?
Human rights defenders in practice: investigative teams, legal-aid clinics and civil-rights litigators, and frontline advocacy organizations. If you handle other people's risk, you fit.
How do I get started?
Book a 30-minute Baseline Review or send a short intake. Do not include source names, client names, or case facts in the first message.
Do you replace an organization's IT provider?
We run managed security on devices, identities, and inbound mail. Your existing IT, if you have it, can stay in place.
What does it cost?
Every proposal includes deliverables, responsibilities, timeline, and price before work begins. Organizations that can pay help cover those who cannot. We will say so plainly on the review call.

Ready to talk?

A 30-minute Baseline Review is enough to say what we would run and whether we are the right fit.

Book a Baseline Review
Book a review Book call