Data Security

As a nonprofit, there’s a lot that you can do when you leverage your donor data in smart ways.

If somebody builds it, somebody else will break it. That seems to be the pattern. How vulnerable to fraud can nonprofits be?

There's a growing concern for the nonprofit industry in how unprepared organizations are right now for defending against cyberattacks. Are you taking your organization's cybersecurity seriously?

On May 25, 2018, the European Union set into law the General Data Protection Regulation. Although it is intended to protect people living in Europe, you might recall when it came into effect, how your email inbox got cluttered with hundreds of messages from practically every organization that you subscribe to...

A colleague of mine, who happens to be a former fundraiser, has said to me that if she were a thief, one of the places she would hack first is a nonprofit organization. She’s probably right. Let’s think about it for a moment...

There it was: a text and an email message from my credit card company. Someone was trying to use my card in a different state! I had traveled there the week before and stopped at one of those travel plazas to fill up my car. Maybe that’s where it happened...

As Facebook has become increasingly embedded in the lives of millions around the world, its importance has also grown for nonprofit organizations as a vital channel for engaging with existing and potentially new supporters and donors...

The scandal engulfing Facebook has prompted privacy concerns among charities, but experts say the platform’s unrivalled reach means they have little choice but to continue relying on it to raise money. Facebook was rocked this weekend by a whistleblower who said the data firm Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed information to build profiles of voters. With…

As we’re entering a very technologically advanced age, nonprofit organizations are often victim to fraud. Fraudsters are targeting nonprofits, using nonprofit donation pages as testing grounds for fraudulent card testing. Card testers build computer algorithms that automatically and rapidly attempt donation form submissions with different credit card number combinations...

Nonprofits tend to be wary of devoting their limited budget to comprehensive data security. Regardless, taking cybersecurity precautions is essential for a nonprofit's livelihood. Some hackers may prefer the lucrative nature of hacking large corporations, though others view nonprofits as the perfect victim instead...