Digitalisation

Cyber Resilience for NGOs

A Collective Intelligence Effort

Cyber Resilience for NGOs is a new project designed to support and increase NGOs’ cyber resilience.

While NGOs are often vulnerable to cyberthreats, they are also overlooked in the EU and Dutch critical infrastructure funding priorities.

This project brings together four organisations, The Hague Humanity Hub, CyberPeace Institute (CPI), Connect2 Trust Foundation, and ShadowServer, each providing unique and complementary expertise, capacity and mission to achieve the following objectives:

to map the cyber threat landscape;
to clarify the human impact of cyber attacks, and how they affect not only the NGOs, but also the beneficiaries they serve
to provide customised information about threats

Project Partners

Open Call for NGOs

Are you a non-profit organization looking to learn more about your organization’s cyber security and resilience, as well as gaps and potential weaknesses?

Are you looking to build the capacity of your team in ensuring your data and operations are securely monitored?

Would you like to build on your organization’s resilience towards cyber threats?

Would you like to contribute to a better understanding of the cyber resilience landscape in The Netherlands and support activities and lobbying towards more protection and cyber safety for this sector?

The project consortium is looking for non-governmental and nonprofit organizations to be onboarded to this project.

Raise awareness about cyber resilience within the wider ecosystem of NGOs in the Netherlands and by extension among policy makers and donors about the critical role of cybersecurity for NGOs.

Assess the cyber threat landscape, and cybersecurity maturity level of NGOs of the target by providing an in-depth analysis via a threat intelligence report.

Build community around cyber resilience to build trust and help NGOs act upon the threat intelligence.

Develop a crisis response simulation for NGOs to better prepare themselves should an attack occur.

Project Outcomes

Better understanding of Cyber Threat Landscape in The Netherlands

Identification of key cyber resilience methods for small and large NGOs

Contribute towards lobbying activities for cybersecurity in the NGO sector

Measure and estimate the impact of cyberattacks on the NGO community

Get involved to:

Learn to defend and protect your organization from cyber attacks
Learn to detect, mitigate and react to cyberthreats associated impact and harm
Liaise with and advocate for the protection of a sector with policymakers, private companies and financial donors