One click. One password. That's all it took to put an entire North York nonprofit minutes away from disaster. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unmasked, we share a real case study from our own clientsâhow a single moment of awareness stopped what could have been a catastrophic $200K+ data breach.
This phishing attack wasn't some poorly written scamâit was targeted, timed perfectly at month-end payroll, and looked completely legitimate. The attacker set up hidden email forwarding rules and was quietly mapping the organization to execute business email compromise and ransomware. But one employee did the unthinkable: they reported the click immediately.
This nonprofit needed professional IT infrastructure and security management combined with comprehensive business technology solutions and enterprise-grade cybersecurity and threat protection services to transform from vulnerable to protected. The investment? $19,000. The potential loss avoided? $200,000+ in direct costs, plus immeasurable reputation damage.
The transformation:
We break down the three-phase rebuild: culture change through training, the MFA game-changer (99% reduction in credential theft risk), and automated endpoint protection working silently in the background. Plus, we explain why nonprofits are attractive targets despite limited budgetsâthey hold valuable donor data and client information while often lacking strong defenses.
Key takeaways:
The real question: what's the cost to your mission if one click puts everything at risk?
Cybersecurity Unmasked EP 27 - Because awareness isn't just training, it's your first line of defense.
Read the full case study: How a Nonprofit in North York Avoided a Major Data Breach
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