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Why Building Digital Trust Matters for Nonprofits in 2023

The digital world can be a scary place. We are constantly bombarded with news stories about cyber breaches and data leaks. It's easy to feel like our personal information is unsafe and unprotected. 

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Ready, Set, Respect: Navigating the Era of Data Privacy and Access Requests

In today's digital era, digital trust is fast-becoming a vital component in  building relationships with constituents. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2018 established a framework for understanding individuals' rights to privacy and the...

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NY SHIELD Act Compliance Checklist for Nonprofits

The New York SHIELD Act (“SHIELD”), which went into effect in 2020, provides needed clarity around what constitutes reasonable data security. The use of the word reasonable serves a legal purpose; terms like “reasonable cause” or “reasonable doubt” are...

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A Crucial First Step in any Data Privacy Program

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the relationship between data privacy and cybersecurity is a symbiotic one. Data privacy depends upon cybersecurity.

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The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)

What Nonprofits Need to Know

The Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) is one of the most comprehensive studies on data breaches in the world. Every year, Verizon releases a report that analyzes data from thousands of breaches across dozens of...

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Building Data Ethics into Data Management - The Bright Side of Scary

This article was written co-operatively by RoundTable Technology's Kim Snyder and LA Tech4Good's Rachel Whaley.

Yes, there are a few looming, scary reasons why nonprofit professionals are rethinking their relationship with their own data. The first is...

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NY SHIELD Act Compliance for Nonprofits

Let’s start with the good news.

States within the USA are starting to implement privacy regulations to protect our individual data. As individuals, this is good for us. As leaders of nonprofits, small businesses, or any entity that collects data as part...

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Types of Penetration Testing

To start off we need to define penetration testing. What is it?

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Don’t be Lulled into a False Sense of Insecurity

Ransomware attacks to critical infrastructure have been all over the headlines. The Colonial Pipeline attack stopped gas transport and caused shortages across the East Coast. Next it was the meatpacking industry. Now we’ve learned that the Colonial...

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