{"id":4416,"date":"2017-10-11T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk?p=2835"},"modified":"2019-12-12T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T12:36:16","slug":"church-cyber-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/church\/church-cyber-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Church in the Cyber Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June, the Church of England revealed plans to digitise its&nbsp;collection plates. Initially&nbsp;launching to 40 churches as a&nbsp;pilot scheme, worshippers will be able to donate by contactless card.<\/p>\n<p>National stewardship officer John Preston explained that the move aims to accommodate younger generations&nbsp;and people who no longer carry cash.<\/p>\n<p>As well as making donating more inclusive, it may even boost collection totals as studies show people tend to donate three times as much by card as when giving cash.<\/p>\n<p>But processing digital payments brings a new element of risk. As with any business which handles sensitive card&nbsp;details and customer information, processing digital payments leaves you susceptible to the risk of a cyber attack.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber attacks can come in many forms, but usually involve a malicious hacker gaining access to sensitive digital information, whether that\u2019s a list of email addresses, card details or even your company bank account. They may then steal money, sell the information, or lock it up in return for ransom.<\/p>\n<p>Places of worship handle sensitive data in other ways too, even if you don\u2019t offer digital donations. If you collect your congregation\u2019s email addresses to send out a newsletter or take payment for other services such as weddings, you have access to personal information.<\/p>\n<h5>If your place of worship handles sensitive data, make sure your staff:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Regularly change PC passwords<\/li>\n<li>Never access sensitive information on public computers or open internet<\/li>\n<li>Install updates whenever prompted<\/li>\n<li>Never click on unknown links or emails from suspicious senders<\/li>\n<li>Only install software from known vendors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your liabilities can also be protected with dedicated Cyber Insurance. In the event of a data breach, this cover can reimburse costs such as stolen assets, legal costs, and recovering your reputation. It can also react in the eventof an accidental data loss, such as a laptop left on a train.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talk to Edwards Insurance Brokers today about adding Cyber cover to your insurance solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, the Church of England revealed plans to digitise its&nbsp;collection plates. Initially&nbsp;launching to 40 churches as a&nbsp;pilot scheme, worshippers will be able to donate by contactless card. National stewardship officer John Preston explained that the move aims to accommodate younger generations&nbsp;and people who no longer carry cash. As well as making donating more inclusive, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[186],"tags":[110,111,262,321,26],"acf":{"related_articles":{"1_select":false,"2_select":false,"3_select":false}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5727,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416\/revisions\/5727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/edwardsinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}