Your intake queue is already loud. A report is due. A partner wants answers. Then a generative AI vendor promises to serve as your strategic technology partner and “save time” with summaries, triage, or a chatbot. That tool might also touch intake notes, safety plans, immigration status, or donor records. The risk isn’t abstract. It’s […]
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After an incident, your first public statement, rather than a scripted public relations statement, is either a seatbelt or a spark. It can protect your security posture and reduce harm, or it can multiply it. Mission-driven orgs feel pressure from every direction at once following a cybersecurity incident. The board wants confidence. Funders want reassurance.
Information security compliance, at its core, is about protecting your organization’s digital information by following established laws and industry standards. It's the set of controls and processes you build to stop data breaches, protect sensitive information, and prove to funders, regulators, and the communities you serve that you're a responsible steward of their data. For
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If you lead advocacy coalitions pursuing social justice as multisectoral collaboratives, you probably feel it in your bones: contacts everywhere, clarity nowhere. Spreadsheets on personal drives. Lists inside Mailchimp and Eventbrite. Notes trapped in someone’s inbox who left last month. A shared CRM for justice coalitions is a central, shared contact and relationship database across
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It’s 4:45 pm. A funder report is due tomorrow. Program says the numbers are in the case system. Development says they’re in the CRM. Finance says the invoice list doesn’t match either. Someone opens a spreadsheet named “FINAL_v7_REAL.xlsx” and hopes it’s the right one. This isn’t a “tech problem.” It’s a capacity problem. When your
Technical due diligence isn’t some abstract corporate exercise. It’s a practical, hands-on process for uncovering hidden risks in your technology, data, and security before they escalate into mission-disrupting crises. For organizations focused on justice and advocacy, it’s about creating a clear, defensible roadmap for modernization—transforming that recurring tech-related stress into a source of strength and
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Most justice support leaders do not lose sleep over routine cybersecurity incidents. They lose sleep over what happens when a vendor incident hits and nobody can answer three basic questions fast: What happened, what does it touch, and who is doing what next. In your world, the stakes are not abstract. A mishandled intake record,
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A major funder drops a security questionnaire in your inbox, or a board member needs an urgent impact report, and suddenly it’s all hands on deck. Your team spends hours, maybe even days, digging through a maze of spreadsheets and disconnected databases to pull together information that should be at their fingertips. This isn’t just
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For leaders in justice-focused organizations, compliance isn’t an abstract corporate exercise. It’s a direct line to protecting vulnerable communities, securing sensitive data, and maintaining funder trust. The recurring fire drill of grant reporting and the constant anxiety around data privacy for immigration, incarceration, or youth cases are more than operational headaches; they’re a drain on
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The intake queue is exploding. Staff are doing the same steps twice. Someone prints a form “just in case,” then scans it, then emails it, then re-types it. Meanwhile, the applicant disappears halfway through because the process feels like a maze. A single front door intake fixes the first mile of your work. You choose
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