Charity Sectors
Essential Reading
Cybersecurity for Health and Social Care Charities
Health and social care charities with NHS contracts must complete the annual DSPT — and over 35% fail to achieve Standards Met at first submission.
Data Security for Domestic Abuse Charities
The ICO classifies domestic abuse survivor data as the highest-risk category of personal data — warranting the strongest technical and organisational protections available.
Cybersecurity for Small Charities
A small charity can achieve 80% of the protection of a fully-resourced security programme through five free or near-free controls that take less than a day to implement.
Further Reading
Cybersecurity for International Development Charities
INGOs working in conflict zones and authoritarian states are targeted by state-sponsored cyber actors — with reported incidents involving NGO data theft in Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Ukraine.
Cybersecurity for Large Charities
Large charities (income over £5 million) face cyber breach rates of over 50% annually — yet fewer than 30% have a formally appointed information security lead.