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Nonprofit Cybersecurity For Partners: 4 Ways To Keep Your Data Safe

Nonprofit cybersecurity for partners is essential to prevent hackers from accessing personal and financial information. As ill-intended users are aware of the technical know-how constraints these organizations face, they have developed new tactics to invade nonprofits’ networks. To help you protect your partners, we have prepared 4 essential steps that will keep hackers at bay: Nonprofit Cybersecurity For Partners Tip 1: KnowBe4 Training Phishing is a type of social engineering attack used to steal login credentials and financial information. The attacker often uses a trusted identity to deceive the victim into opening an email or message. The recipient is then tricked into clicking or downloading a malicious file, which can lead to a ransomware attack or the revealing of sensitive information. The consequences of a phishing attack can be devastating for your organization. Not only will you suffer severe financial losses but your reputation among partners and sponsors will decline too. How to recognize phishing emails? Phishing emails often express/contain: – Urgency: Calls to action that require you to “act now” – Finance: Wire transfers, invoices, or payment remittances – Credentials: Unusual log in activity – Delivery: Package arrival or shipping information See this example: Image from: Khan Academy The

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Difference between Information Technology and Information Security

Although cybersecurity, data security, information technology, and system administration fall under the same umbrella, there is a stark contrast between securing data and managing it. The main focus, career experience and skill sets brought by each of these professionals are different yet they still work together to build secure and reliable digital assets. Entrusting IT staff to secure data properly is like asking your CPA to audit their own work. Mistakes can happen and often get overlooked, and it’s unlikely that they will be properly reported. Any errors could cost small businesses millions in legal fees, forensics, brand reputation damage, and customer settlements from a data breach. Before getting into the potential issues from conflating IT and InfoSec, it’s important first to understand the difference between the two professionals and their respective responsibilities. It’s not uncommon for small business owners to think that an IT staff person, good at system administration is also educated and experienced with InfoSec. Many system administrators are unfamiliar with the  cybersecurity landscape, the threats that could turn into serious compromise, and the standards and best practices to protect from these risks, which is why data breaches and cyberattacks continue to plague SMBs and cost them

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