Security & Privacy

Security & Privacy for NGOs and Non-Profits

For humanitarian organisations, charities, and civil society groups that protect vulnerable people and sensitive data. We implement working security and privacy controls that fit how NGOs actually operate—across headquarters and country offices, with volunteers and partners in the mix—so boards and funders can trust your safeguards are real, not just documented.

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Painpoint

Sensitive data under active threat

Beneficiary case notes, safeguarding information, and donor records sit squarely in GDPR scope and are increasingly targeted—Welthungerhilfe faced Rhysida ransomware in 2025 and Extern Ireland suffered data theft in 2024. · We map and harden the data flows that matter, applying classification, DLP, and encryption built for Microsoft 365 and low-bandwidth environments.

The reality:

  • Beneficiary case notes, safeguarding information, and donor records sit squarely in GDPR scope and are increasingly targeted—Welthungerhilfe faced Rhysida ransomware in 2025 and Extern Ireland suffered data theft in 2024.
  • Humanitarian staff have been surveilled with government-approved spyware, proving NGOs are in attackers’ sights.

How we help:

  • We map and harden the data flows that matter, applying classification, DLP, and encryption built for Microsoft 365 and low-bandwidth environments.
  • Backups, logging, and breach playbooks are engineered for headquarters and field offices so recovery does not depend on high-end infrastructure.

Painpoint

Attackers target stretched teams

ENISA highlights ransomware and availability attacks as top European threats—tactics that exploit resource-constrained teams and seasonal staffing. · Identity, MFA, and privileged access are configured for volunteer churn with automated onboarding and offboarding.

The reality:

  • ENISA highlights ransomware and availability attacks as top European threats—tactics that exploit resource-constrained teams and seasonal staffing.
  • Volunteers rotate every few months and shared devices are common, so corporate-style controls break down quickly.

How we help:

  • Identity, MFA, and privileged access are configured for volunteer churn with automated onboarding and offboarding.
  • We prioritise high-impact controls in the first 4–6 weeks—MFA, PAM, backups, logging, and basic detection—to cut the most common attack paths fast.

Painpoint

Boards and funders demand assurance

Generic policies no longer satisfy due diligence. Boards and regulators expect evidence that controls are operating, not just written. · Automated evidence from Microsoft 365, Azure, and security tooling feeds dashboards, risk registers, and management reviews ready for scrutiny.

The reality:

  • Generic policies no longer satisfy due diligence. Boards and regulators expect evidence that controls are operating, not just written.
  • Funders increasingly ask for proof of GDPR compliance and resilience as part of grant conditions.

How we help:

  • Automated evidence from Microsoft 365, Azure, and security tooling feeds dashboards, risk registers, and management reviews ready for scrutiny.
  • We align operations to ISO 27001 so you can add certification later without rebuilding controls from scratch.

Painpoint

Controls must fit NGO reality

Most consultants drop corporate frameworks that assume stable staffing, perfect connectivity, and big budgets. · We build controls that tolerate offline operation, shared devices, and consortium partners without adding admin burden.

The reality:

  • Most consultants drop corporate frameworks that assume stable staffing, perfect connectivity, and big budgets.
  • You are left with shelfware policies and controls nobody can run between programme cycles.

How we help:

  • We build controls that tolerate offline operation, shared devices, and consortium partners without adding admin burden.
  • Training and handover focus on capability transfer so your team operates independently after we leave.

What you get

What you get

Outcomes, delivery workstreams, and the partnerships that keep NGO security grounded in reality.

  • GDPR compliance built for operations

    Data inventories, lawful bases, SCCs, retention policies, DSAR workflows, and privacy impact assessments tuned for multi-country programmes.

  • Security that works with limited resources

    Identity, device, and detection controls configured for volunteer churn, shared hardware, and bandwidth constraints.

  • Stakeholder assurance

    Dashboards, evidence packs, and management reviews that prove to boards, funders, and regulators that safeguards are working.

  • Your team stays in control

    Hands-on enablement plus optional PECB-accredited training so operations, not consultants, run the system day to day.

  • Privacy & Data Protection Foundation

    GDPR compliance established across headquarters and country offices with international transfers, retention schedules, and regulator-ready evidence.

  • Identity & Access for Volunteer Reality

    Microsoft Entra ID configured with MFA, conditional access, guest access for partners, and automated offboarding that matches volunteer cycles.

  • Endpoint & Data Security

    Baseline protections for shared devices, MDM, DLP for beneficiary data, offline-capable backups, centralised logging, and pragmatic vulnerability management.

  • Incident Response & Safeguarding

    Ransomware and breach playbooks integrated with safeguarding protocols, GDPR notification paths, and cross-border communication drills.

  • Third-Party Risk Management

    Vendor due diligence, DPAs, SCCs, consortium breach pathways, payment processor oversight, and exit strategies.

  • Automated Evidence & Reporting

    Continuous evidence collection across Microsoft 365 and your tools powering risk registers, dashboards, and board-ready reports.

  • How we work: 12-week programme

    Weeks 1–3 discovery, weeks 4–6 foundation with MFA, backups, logging, weeks 7–10 resilience and drills, weeks 11–12 handoff and management reviews.

  • Technology partnerships

    Microsoft for nonprofit licensing, Vanta for automated monitoring, and security vendors selected for resource-constrained environments.

  • Related services

    PECB-Accredited Training for lasting capability and ISO 27001:2022 Certification Readiness when donors require the credential.

Plan your NGO security and privacy programme with specialists who know sector realities.Talk to us about your requirements

Share where you operate, the data you protect, and the stakeholders you answer to.We map a phased roadmap covering risk reduction milestones, evidence packs, and handover.You leave with a costed proposal your board and funders can trust.