Lobsang Gyatso Sither

Director of Technology

Lobsang Gyatso Sither is a Tibetan born in exile dedicated to increasing cyber security among Tibetans inside Tibet and in the diaspora. Working with Tibet Action Institute since 2011, he has helped to develop community-specific technologies and educational content and deploys them via training and public awareness campaigns at the grassroots level. He was a member of the Global Cyber Stewards network and the peer-review panel for Security Planner, an easy-to-use guide with expert-reviewed advice for staying safer online. He is currently on the Advisory Board of Citizen Clinic, a public-interest cybersecurity clinic at the University of California-Berkeley. He has worked and continues to work with key communicators and numerous civil society organizations in the Tibetan community.

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