Nonprofit Guidelines for Cybersecurity and Privacy

November 30, 2016

Around the world, nations, cities, and neighborhoods rely on nonprofit organizations to deliver critical community services, including primary health care, education, housing, emergency response, refugee and immigrant services, and senior services. Nonprofits have increasingly adopted technology to improve their effectiveness and to scale their services to extend their reach. Yet many nonprofit organizations have struggled to focus the same attention on their cybersecurity and data protection planning.

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