Data Security

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled claims against Blackbaud for misleading disclosures regarding a 2020 ransomware attack.

There are lots of ways you can use artificial intelligence to be more effective at your nonprofit — even with scarce resources.

Digital and web marketing are excellent tools for promoting your nonprofit and reaching more potential donors. They also provide a path and a place where you can engage with the public on a deep level, building relationships and generating goodwill. However, it's becoming essential to do it ethically.

If you're not concerned about data security as a nonprofit, you should be. Hackers tend not to deliberately target nonprofits the way they do manufacturers and financial institutions, for example. But a lot of hacking is actually automated and based on exploiting targets of opportunity, and a lot of nonprofit IT security is underfunded and unprepared.

Nonprofits that fail to protect sensitive information risk exposing their donors’ personal information, and losing their trust and financial support along the way. But proactive steps — including data devaluation — keep valuable information out of bad actors’ hands and prevent data compromise

One key technology that nonprofits must assess is artificial intelligence (AI). Forbes reported last year that “89% of nonprofit professionals believe that AI can make their organization more efficient.” 

When you think about your nonprofit’s technology strategy, donor data might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But maybe it should.

You know that digital media literacy and cybersecurity are vital. Nevertheless, hackers now use a new strategy specific to security, and it should give you pause. If you haven't made data protection your No. 1 priority, you’re placing your nonprofit at significant risk to be hacked.

Data gets compromised and put at risk of being stolen or misused, including by nonprofits who haven't invested in cybersecurity. In short, we've reached a moment where the privacy lights are blinking red, and nonprofits must invest in cybersecurity. Protecting donor data is no longer just something nice to do.

During this webinar attendees will learn the impacts of COVID-19 on the nonprofit sector.