With all the things that happen in your average parish, it is understandable that most pastors don’t really think about information security. The website tells people about Mass Times, events, and lets them sign up for newsletters. If the site goes down, that’s on the IT provider to get it back up. Cybersecurity is their responsibility, right?
Sort of. Information Security is the responsibility of everyone, and often times things leak out without anyone realizing that they are sharing critical information. The personal information of parishioners, the parish finances, where Fr. John keeps his fancy cigars, are all examples of information that most pastors would prefer not be publicly known. Yet, Fr. John always seems to have one less cigar than we he last checked.
Light hearted jokes aside, most parishes complain of some sort of technology based nuisance occuring almost every day. A scammer convinced the parish secretary to buy gift cards by pretending to be Fr. John, a parishioner is getting threatening emails from someone claiming to know intimate things about them, or Fr. Doe keeps getting weird things popping up on his screen every time he tries to answer an email. All of these things occur because of human fallibility in how they approach technology. Clicking links on disreputable websites, responding to emails from sketchy senders, and talking on the phone with someone claiming to be from Microsoft are all ways criminals can exploit your information systems that can in no way be blamed on the dedicated IT teams that provide services to parishes.
This is what Cross Site Security was started to address.
We want to help you, your team, and your parishioners by ensuring that you are prepared to meet the challenges posed by online criminals. We are a Catholic company, and we want to help keep our Mother Church safe from criminals. We provide courses for parishioners, training for parish staff, security testing, and help parishes develop information security plans for their teams to ensure that they are resilient in an ever-changing world.
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