Nonprofits thrive on trust — from donors, clients, and the communities they serve. Yet in North Carolina, more than 2,200 organizations reported data breaches in 2024 alone, impacting 6.6 million residents (NC DOJ). Nonprofits were not spared, and nationally, 6 in 10 have been targeted by cyberattacks in the past two years. This workshop breaks cybersecurity down into plain language and practical action. You’ll learn how to protect sensitive information, meet insurance requirements, and build the kind of digital trust that keeps your mission safe and your donors confident.
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- It’s good practice to regularly refresh your organizational security checks and staff know-how - experts share their top cybersecurity tips to keep your nonprofit organizations secure.
What Nonprofits Need to Know About Security: A Practical Guide to Managing Risk* provides succinct guidance on how to mitigate your nonprofit's risk exposure, implement basic protections, and build a culture that values security with firm policies in place to guide staff. It includes a staff security checklist, case studies of other nonprofits' experiences with cybersecurity, as well as a list of where to find additional resources. (TechImpact, 2021)
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The Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) reports "more than 60% of data breaches are a result of weak or stolen passwords, 91% of all attacks start with a phishing email, 27% of malware infections are introduced via a corrupted USB, and 77% of attacks in 2017 could have been prevented if software was up-to-date." Luckily, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and CRI offers a series of short guides below, free webinars,
Ransomware attacks block access to your IT infrastructure or your constituent/donor data unless you pay the attacker to release your property.
Choosing a vendor to meet your information technology or cybersecurity needs is not an easy task. To help, the National Cybersecurity Alliance created a Security Vendor Questionnaire checklist of critical questions you should ask current or potential vendors.
Adapted with permission from Your All-In-One Guide to Improving Your Security Posture, Medicus IT (formerly MDcentric Technologies).
Lee Painter, principal at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, presented this webinar to help your organization identify cybersecurity trends and tactics hackers are using, recognize common email phishing attacks and information security weaknesses, and outline strategies to mitigate risks related to phishing, ransomware, and other costly data breaches.
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