With the growing number of data breaches in the nonprofit sector, data security is no longer a nice-to-have. Protecting your donor’s private data is a business-critical must-have.

In this series, we take a look at the current news impacting the nonprofit sector, specifically fundraising. Our intention is not to be reactive, but to be proactive in our analysis of the news and consider how fundraising and philanthropic efforts can improve outcomes and adapt to meet the times.

Although sophisticated scams like spear-phishing attacks regularly make headlines, one of the most common threats to data security is email misdirection. These are security vulnerabilities that end-point security software cannot prevent.

In this series, we take a look at the current news impacting the nonprofit sector, specifically fundraising. Our intention is not to be reactive, but to be proactive in our analysis of the news and consider how fundraising and philanthropic efforts can improve outcomes and adapt to meet the times.

The problem is all it takes is one mistake to compromise sensitive donor data and damage your organization’s reputation. So what are some of the factors that affect a fundraiser’s ability to make the right cybersecurity decisions at work?

Email communication still relies on interpersonal interaction and judgment – all of which makes it particularly vulnerable to employee error.

In this series, we take a look at the current news impacting the nonprofit sector, specifically fundraising. Our intention is not to be reactive, but to be proactive in our analysis of the news and consider how fundraising and philanthropic efforts can improve outcomes and adapt to meet the times.

Despite its incredible efficiencies and economies of scale, email as a communication tool is reliant on human interaction and judgement. This places the risk of human error incredibly high.

Donor data is valuable currency. For nonprofit organizations, this data can be anything from giving history to their social security number and the consequences of this data being leaked are tremendous and far-reaching.

In this series, we take a look at the current news impacting the nonprofit sector, specifically fundraising. Our intention is not to be reactive, but to be proactive in our analysis of the news and consider how fundraising and philanthropic efforts can improve outcomes and adapt to meet the times.