Following Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2022, figures show that one in eight charities have experienced some form of cyber crime in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most common attacks were reported as phishing, impersonation, and social engineering, opening customer and personal data to risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move to remote working, digital fundraising, and online operations as a result of the pandemic for charities has increased the need for strong cyber security; yet only around half of charities reported viewing this as a high priority in their organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To avoid falling victim to malicious cyber criminals, simple steps can be taken including regularly changing passwords, using multi-factor authentication, and training staff<\/a> to spot potential risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indeed, a lack of awareness among staff about how to recognise cyber threats is increasing risk, with just 24% of charities having a formal policy in place to manage threats, according to the Charity Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For further guidance on managing cyber threats, please contact the NEBRC at enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n To stay up to date on the current cyber threat landscape, sign up for our free core membership<\/a> and gain access to a wealth of handy resources<\/a> to help you stay safe online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NEBRC<\/a> is a non-profit organisation that seeks to inform, educate, and support<\/a> businesses in the UK on how to stay safe against digital threats through strong cyber security practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2022, figures show that one in eight charities have experienced some form of cyber crime in the last 12 months….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}