All tagged Nonprofit Hacks
Community service is highly valued in the Upstate and we are home to thousands of local nonprofits, churches, educational institutions and local chapters of national organizations. But community members aren’t the only ones who highly value nonprofits. Hackers do too.
Nonprofits, regardless of size are a profitable target for hackers. The reliance on volunteers, tighter purse strings, and lesser likelihood of having strong IT support makes them attractive targets. Here's how to even the odds a bit.
Exposure to hacking, cracking and fraud is a huge risk for nonprofits. So Portfolio and Wessel Accounting are offering their BizSafe security review to a dozen nonprofits in the Upstate of SC for free this year. Find out how you can nominate your favorite nonprofit for one. Friends don't let friends get hacked.
Shadow databases are risky business, but widely used. But well-meaning volunteers or hard-working employees may expose your business to unnecessary risk. Don't be one of the 60 percent of businesses that goes under after a data breach. This risk is avoidable.
Guest blogger Kelly Wessel is all about the importance of internal controls in preventing fraud for small businesses and nonprofits. But some very small nonprofits think they can't create the separation of duties normally required. Not so. Here's a scaled back way for small nonprofits to add layers of controls.
Nonprofits are among the most vulnerable businesses. Running lean, keeping costs below minimum, focusing on their mission are all exactly what donors want to see. But they are also the behaviors that leave nonprofits at risk for fraud, hacking and cybercrime. First in a continuing series.
