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3 ways open-source software helps nonprofits keep up with data protection demands

As the driving force behind the future of data sovereignty, open-source software is the natural fit for nonprofits seeking to adopt modern digital solutions.

NGOs and nonprofits face many of the same threats to their data and digital assets as large enterprises. The fundamental difference is that they rarely have the budgets to implement the latest enterprise-grade data-protection measures and hire top expertise in the space. In fact, according to the CyberPeace Institute, 86% of NGOs lack cybersecurity plans.

As a result, many philanthropic ventures are highly vulnerable to threats like cyberattacks and data leaks, with half of NGOs reporting being targeted in recent years. At the same time, they face the same pressures from industry regulators as the business world to protect personally identifiable data.

Perhaps the most sobering fact about cyberthreats facing nonprofits is how philanthropic work itself makes them a target. Many cybercriminals make a point of exploiting peoples’ goodwill by launching targeted social engineering scams with a view to stealing donations away from good causes. For example, charities in the UK lost £8.6 million to fraud between April 2020 and March 2021. Naturally, when this happens, donors start losing confidence, with potentially crippling impacts on legitimate nonprofits and their beneficiaries.

Of course, data protection isn’t just about protecting against malicious threats, but also about protecting data from threats like accidental leaks or compliance failures. In a sector that relies immensely on trust, reputation, and accountability, these challenges must be tackled together as one. At the same time, however, NGOs and nonprofits must address the challenges in a way that doesn’t end up interfering with their long-term policy goals.

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Is Low-Code The Future?

Low-code is defined as a visual approach to application development that allows citizen developers with little to no traditional coding experience to create robust and high functioning enterprise applications using visual editors and on-screen guidance.

Studies show that the global low-code application development industry is expected to reach a total revenue of approximately $187 billion by the year 2030. As digital transformation becomes an increasingly crucial demand for modern businesses, the use of low-code application development in our current business landscape is becoming more and more prevalent.

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In What Ways Is Low-Code Changing The Business Of Healthcare

Low-code is defined as a graphic approach to application development that focuses on visual editing and automation. It helps citizen developers with little to no traditional coding experience create robust, flexible, and secure enterprise applications without the interference of a skilled software developer.

As low-code technology continues to evolve, low-code solutions are being integrated into business processes across various industries, including healthcare.

According to Gartner, approximately 79% of businesses build a web application using citizen development initiatives within one year. The integration of low-code technology in healthcare businesses can have many benefits, such as higher efficiency and increased organizational profitability.

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What Are The Benefits of Business Integration?

Business integration has become an essential aspect of operating and managing any successful organization. Although most businesses utilize multiple different digital systems and software applications to automate and streamline various business processes, keeping track of these different technology platforms can be confusing and tedious.

The benefits that automation software can bring are often outweighed by the time businesses invest in monitoring and maintaining these systems. Studies show that 67% of enterprises rely on data integration to support their organizational analytics and business integration platforms. Integrating your business processes has a wide variety of potential benefits that your organization should take advantage of.

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What is RBAC and Why Does it Matter?

The role of an employee in any organization has a huge underlying motive. That role determines the authority an individual holds, the access it has to high-security or confidential information, and even operating high-level tasks. The lower-level employees certainly have some or other restrictions. So, what is the reason behind maintaining such ‘balance’ in the organization’s architecture? Is it that crucial?

YES! A big yes, indeed. Limiting access is most important for any organization as it often comes difficult to monitor the network access efficiently owing to a large number of employees, contractors, and third parties like customers and vendors. In a role-based model- responsibility, authorization, and job competency defines the amount of access to the resources.

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Does your CRM comply with EU law?

On August 14th 2020, The Privacy Collective filed a class action lawsuit against Salesforce and Oracle in the UK and the Netherlands for the use of third party tracking technologies such as cookies, in breach of EU rules under the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC). The cases (if successful) would be the largest class action cases ever in the UK and the Netherlands (expected to hit 10 Billion Euros in damages), to date and the first such class action cases under these laws.

The main basis for the claims stems from a judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in October 2019 often referred to as the Planet49 case (Case C-673/17) in which the Court clarified that the use of tracking technologies online is only lawful if opt-in consent has been obtained prior to the use of such technologies; which according to The Privacy Collective, is not the case in relation to Salesforce’s use of such technologies. Read more