CANBERRA — The fallout of the Facebook scandal has served as a timely reminder for development organizations to take a closer look at their own awareness and understanding of data privacy and security.
To facilitate smarter, faster, and larger-scale impact of development and humanitarian services, NGOs are being encouraged by donors to transition quickly to a data world — and to do so safely and securely.
But for many, using funds for non-mission-specific tasks such as data management and security remains a difficult culture shift to communicate internally, as well as externally to stakeholders.