IT Security Fundamentals
NTEN courses run for one week and are offered twice a year.
Course Overview
Assessment
Uncover potential IT security risks your organization may be facing
Critical Thinking
Identify common mistakes and bad practices within nonprofits
Process Management
Learn what practical procedure and process changes you can implement immediately
Description
If you’re storing and working with data regarding members, donors, volunteers, clients, donors, credit cards, and so forth, you are a potential target—and you need to have a solid IT security strategy. Information breaches and other hacks cost organizations significant amounts of money to resolve and damage supporter confidence.
Nonprofits of all sizes are often at greater risk for the following reasons:
- Nonprofits typically lack IT and IT security knowledge.
- Nonprofits tend to have fewer IT-related staffing resources.
- Hackers can steal as much information from 10 small nonprofits as they can from one large business.
In this training, we will provide a general overview of what IT security is and why it’s important. We’ll walk through some bad practices commonly found in nonprofits and the potential security risks in those practices, and we’ll provide some basic procedures and recommendations you can implement immediately.
This course was previously titled Intro to IT Security.
Presenting
Leon A. Wilson
Chief of Digital Innovation and Chief Information Officer
The Cleveland Foundation
Leon Wilson serves as the Chief for Digital Innovation & Chief Information Officer for the Cleveland Foundation, focusing on strategic initiatives that will help position the foundation as a leader in the use of technology in all areas of its work. In addition, Leon is responsible for helping to develop and implement an external Cleveland Foundation IT strategy that will focus on elevating Cleveland to become a recognized leader in technology, particularly in the areas of cyber security, big data, and civic tech. Leon brings more than 20 years of senior level technology experience to the foundation and our community.
Earn While You Learn - Professional Credits
In addition to our own Nonprofit Technology Professional Certificate, NTEN is an approved provider for a number of other professional credentials programs. This course qualifies for the following credits:
