Cyber & Data Management for Charities
Funding applications are changing. Are your systems keeping up?
Cyber security, data management and business continuity are appearing more and more in funding applications, tenders and due diligence.
Funders want confidence in the organisations they’re backing. A policy may answer the question. Having the right systems in place demonstrates that you take it seriously.
You need more than a stock answer. You need the systems behind it.
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The risk behind those questions is real.
of charities identified a cyber breach or attack in the previous 12 months
charities, on the Government’s figures
of those experiencing breaches or attacks said they were happening at least weekly
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Source: Government Cyber Security Breaches Survey
For charities working with health, financial, family, safeguarding or other sensitive information, the consequences can be particularly serious.
Service users expect their information to be safe. Funders, commissioners and partners increasingly expect the same.
We can review how your organisation manages its technology, data, users and devices and help put appropriate security, access, backup and continuity arrangements in place.
For remote teams, that also means knowing who has access, which devices are being used and making sure access changes when people join, move roles or leave.
Cyber Essentials
We can also take you through the Cyber Essentials route, helping you put the required controls in place and work towards recognised external certification.
It gives you independent recognition of your commitment to cyber security and something tangible to demonstrate to funders, partners and clients.
No funding. No future.
Strong cyber and data management protects your organisation, the people who trust you with their information and your ability to demonstrate good governance when funding opportunities arise.
And if something does go badly wrong:
Do you want to be that charity in the headlines?