VPN

Access and Installation

The Operations team will set you up with a VPN  access. In most cases, you will be shared the login details to an existing account, use the username and password shared via LastPass to set up your access. Below are the instructions on installing the VPN:

• Accept the LastPass share and launch it from your machine. 

• If it does not launch automatically, copy and paste the URL ( https://cp.nordvpnteams.com/login). You will need to type the organization ID (acled) and then copy and paste or type manually the username and password information from LastPass, which will be available to you.

• Download the VPN using the appropriate option for your machine (see below). 

• Connect to “ACLED Gateway”

• Please use this gateway when accessing Nexis

You should be able to install the VPN from the account but if not, here are the installation links:

• macOS: https://downloads.nordteams.com/mac/latest/NordVPNTeams.pkg

• Windows: https://downloads.nordteams.com/win/latest/NordVPNTeamsSetup.exe

• Android: https://downloads.nordteams.com/android/latest/NordVPNTeams.apk

• iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nordvpn-teams-business-vpn/id1481884864 

Legality of VPN

Please note that if the country in which you reside has legal prohibition of VPN or you could get in trouble in any other way by using it, contact Operations and your supervisor and we will come up with another solution. The list of countries that banned VPN is provided below but we encourage you to check the legal situation in the country of your residence. If you have knowledge of other countries doing so, please contact Operations and we will update the list. 

The list of countries that banned VPN: 

• Belarus

• China

• Crimea

• Cuba

• Egypt

• Iran

• Iraq

• Myanmar

• North Korea

• Oman

• Russia

• Syria

• Turkey

• Uganda

• UAE

• Venezuela

Further readings:

• LastPass user guide 

• LastPass user guide 

• Digital security 

• ACLED IT support