You already spend real money on technology. Yet projects slip, outages repeat, and your board keeps asking questions you cannot answer with confidence. At some point, every growth-focused CEO reaches the same fork in the road: do you bring in a fractional CTO to own the problem, or do you hire another traditional IT consultant […]
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You probably felt a real sense of relief when the SOC 2 report landed in your inbox. The board stopped asking quite so many questions, sales said deals were moving faster, and your team finally had something “official” to point to. That relief can quietly turn into false confidence. Your SOC 2 certificate won’t stop
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A vendor risk management assessment is the process of identifying, evaluating, and reducing the risks your third-party suppliers and partners introduce. For any organization, this is a critical discipline. But for justice-focused organizations serving vulnerable communities, it's a non-negotiable responsibility. You must ensure a vendor's security, operational, and compliance practices don't create vulnerabilities for your
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Secure handling of sensitive client documents legal aid is vital. Learn proven strategies to reduce risks, ensure compliance, and build funder trust in 2026.
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At 4:47 p.m., the voicemail light is still blinking. Someone left a message about an eviction notice. Another caller says they missed court paperwork because they “couldn’t get through.” A staff member has a sticky note with a number they meant to call back, but it’s now buried under intake forms. This is a justice
The intake queue is already too long. A clinic is tomorrow. A funder report is due Friday. Then someone leaves, planned or not, and your team realizes the quiet risk: they still have access to client files, shared inboxes, and partner portals. Offboarding isn’t an HR formality. In legal aid, court support, and justice-serving nonprofits,
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If your court services team in public-sector organizations supports self-help desks, navigators, ADR, victim services, interpreter coordination, or clerk support, you already know the work is time-sensitive. It’s also trust-sensitive. When systems fail, real people miss deadlines, lose appointments, or can’t reach help. A public cyber incident isn’t just an IT headache. It can shut
Your inbox is full, the quarter-end push is loud, and your next renewal call is already on the calendar. Then a funder asks the question that always lands with weight: “What did our gift actually change?” You know the work changed lives, but the data is scattered. A case system here, a CRM there, a
In 2025, saying “I’m not technical” out loud in a board meeting lands very differently than it did five years ago. AI is reshaping work, cloud spend is eating into margins, and a single cyber incident can stop revenue for days. Investors, lenders, and regulators now treat technology and cybersecurity as core parts of business
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Does this sound familiar? A grant report is due this afternoon, but the program data is scattered across three different spreadsheets and a clunky database that doesn’t talk to anything else. An urgent security alert pops up—a potential breach of sensitive client information. To top it all off, another dedicated staff member admits they’re burning
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