{"id":2211,"date":"2018-10-02T11:05:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T10:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2018-10-03T16:52:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:52:43","slug":"attacking-from-the-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/blog\/attacking-from-the-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacking From The Inside: How to Prevent Fraud Within Your Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While you may picture a cyber-criminal threatening your charity as a hooded hacker from the outside world, the unfortunate reality is that it&#8217;s quite common for a cyber-attack to occur from someone within, also known as insider fraud. Over 50% of charities suffered an insider threat attack this past year, according to recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/alert-for-charities-be-aware-of-insider-fraud-threats\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>research<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. This form of fraud has the potential to cause greater consequences, seeing as insiders typically have deeper knowledge of the organisation&#8217;s inner workings, including how to access data.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2201 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/Insider-Fraud-Frenzy-768x431.jpg\" alt=\"Insider Fraud\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/Insider-Fraud-Frenzy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/Insider-Fraud-Frenzy-480x269.jpg 480w, https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/Insider-Fraud-Frenzy-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/Insider-Fraud-Frenzy-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/Insider-Fraud-Frenzy.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Use this guidance to prevent insider fraud within your charity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restrict access to sensitive files so that only relevant, trusted staff members can see the documents. Consider using encryption as well.<\/li>\n<li>Closely monitor staff activity using IT systems.<\/li>\n<li>Establish clear policies regarding fraud and make sure your staff is aware of them. Report any fraud incidents to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionfraud.police.uk\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Action Fraud<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and the\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/charity-commission\">Charity Commision<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>ThirdSectorProtect<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>For additional government information on preventing fraud, click\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/protect-your-charity-from-fraud\">Here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>or read our past blog post:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/2018\/06\/21\/six-warning-signs-of-fraud-within-your-charity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Six warning signs of fraud within your charity.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more tips and tricks on all things <\/em>third<em> sector follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThirdSectorProtect\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThirdSecProtect\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/thirdsectorprotect\/\"><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>. Or for any enquires regarding a current or future insurance policy visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a> or give us a call on 0800 877 8277<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 32px\" width=\"124\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThirdSectorProtect\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/facebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThirdSecProtect\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/thirdsectorprotect\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/09\/LinkedIn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While you may picture a cyber-criminal threatening your charity as a hooded hacker from the outside world, the unfortunate reality is that it&#8217;s quite common for a cyber-attack to occur from someone within, also known as insider fraud. Over 50% of charities suffered an insider threat attack this past year, according to recent research from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[98,55,28,33],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5523,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions\/5523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/thirdsectorprotect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}