The Newest Board-Level Consideration? Software Security

Boards ask harder questions now. So do funders and auditors. They want proof that every system touching donor, constituent, grant, or payment data can hold up under scrutiny — not general assurances. 

One nonprofit technology breach already led to a $49.5 million multistate settlement. Federal grant guidance has caught up too, now requiring recipients to manage cybersecurity risk from every vendor that touches grant data. 

A weak vendor choice doesn’t just risk your data. It risks your standing with the people who fund and oversee your organization. 

This guide gives you five questions to ask any vendor, a simple standard to judge the answers by, and a look at how MIP Accounting measures up.