Charity Digital Exchange: Protect data with Acronis

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Data presents incredible opportunities to charities. It improves decision-making by providing information on your current position, reduces cost through greater efficiency and resource allocation, boosts campaigns by identifying effective fundraising strategies, and so on. But data does not simply provide opportunities. It also poses risk.

 

Risk stems from a failure of data protection. Charities often have limited resources for IT management and security, spending money instead on elements seen as priorities, particularly service delivery. But protecting data has become absolutely essential.

 

Consider the vast increase of cyber attacks on charities. Cyber criminals attack charities precisely because they know charities want to spend money on service delivery. They know, too, that donor and volunteer information is sensitive and valuable: attractive to hackers. Charities are often seen as particularly vulnerable because of outdated tech systems. The charity sector is seen, with a degree of justification, as moving behind the private sector in terms of cyber security.

 

So protecting data is absolutely essential. And thankfully, on the Charity Digital Exchange, we have a new product that can help charities to protect data at a discounted cost.

 

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The main benefits of Acronis

 

Acronis is an advanced security, back-up, and data protection solution that ensures the security of data stored in the cloud and on privately-owned servers or devices. The software also ensures rapid information recovery in the event of a disaster or cyberattack.

 

With a primary focus on cybersecurity, Acronis goes beyond simple back-up by offering tools to protect against malware, ransomware, and vulnerabilities. Acronis products aims to provide charities with all the tools they need to effectively protect their data.

 

The main benefits of Acronis include, among other things:

• Secure back-up and storage: Protects data from accidental deletion, ransomware, and insider threats, while maintaining an immutable and secure copy of your data
• Continuous monitoring: Constantly monitors data, taking immediate action in the event of breaches or anomalies
• Cost-efficiency and predictability: Provides integrated back-up and security solutions, reducing the need for multiple tools and simplifying your budget
• Compliance and security: Complies with international standards such as GDPR and HIPAA, essential for non-profits that operate with sensitive beneficiary, volunteer, and donor data
• Flexibility and scalability: The platform is highly adaptable, allowing organisations to grow without having to change solutions or implement new back-up tools

The above provides charities with peace of mind, allowing them to continue important work without worrying about the vulnerability of the data. You will not risk losing data – and you’ll simultaneously protect yourself against the ever-present threat of cyber criminals.

 

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The core features and functionalities of Acronis

 

Acronis provides comprehensive, effective, and cost-effective protection, allowing you to protect your data assets and focus on your mission. Key features of Acronis include:

• Back-up and data protection: Provides complete back-ups of on-premise servers, as well as Microsoft 365 data (including Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive) or Google Workspace data allowing for quick recovery in the event of accidental loss or attack
• Advanced security and threat protection: Provides real-time protection against a range of cyber threats, including malware, ransomware, and phishing, leveraging multiple defense layers, URL filtering, exploit prevention, and advanced threat detection techniques
• Endpoint management and security: Automates IT operations, streamlining tasks like patch management, software and hardware inventory, security assessments, and remote device management, reducing manual effort and improving overall efficiency

On top of the above core functionalities, charities working with Acronis can gain add-ons, which include advanced email security, advanced online collaboration, data loss protection, security awareness training, disaster recovery, and others. Click the hyperlinks to find out more on each.

 

 

 

How Acronis protects data in the cloud

 

Security on the cloud is all-too-often ignored. Consider, for example, that Microsoft and Google operate their cloud services under a shared responsibility model. That means providers are responsible for protecting infrastructure where data is stored, but charities are responsible for the security of that data. The risk of data loss on the cloud is often much higher.

 

Charities should consider a third-party back-up that can recover your data if lost. You can lose data for a variety of reasons, such as accidental data deletion, mismanaging duplicate files resulting in deletion of the current versions, phishing or ransomware attacks, lost or stolen devices, employees overwriting data, and so on.

 

Charities can back-up data directly in cloud environments but that can often prove time-consuming and tedious. Acronis lets you to streamline the process, making everything smooth.

 

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