Once you have your risk management plan mapped out, you’ve identified your risks, how to mitigate them and communicate this to your staff, you’ll likely need to put some cyber security guidelines in place to allow your teams to follow the specific policies.
It may be a good idea to create a hub of cyber security policies easily accessible to all staff and implement some training to complement these policies. For example, cyber security training overarched by:
- Password policy
- Software update for digital devices policy
- Data encryption policy
- Remote working policy
As a small charity, you may not consider it a priority to commit vast amounts of resource to cyber protection. However, a sensible approach would be weighing up the implications of a potential attack on your charity and putting measures in place to mitigate the risks.
A good starting point for small charities who may not want to commit the resource could be the Cyber Security small charity guide from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This guide provides tips on improving cyber security quickly, easily and most importantly, at a low cost.
You can also read more about cyber threat to the UK charity sector here.
Read more about Endsleigh’s small charity insurance cover here.
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1. What is cyber security and what are cyber attacks?
2. Importance of risk management and assessments
3. How to reduce cyber risk
4. Cyber security guidelines