Joe, if you want to call me a "source" I have tales for you. I have been working on and supporting ebase and other software for years now and I find that the first level of security that most small non-profits forget is to regularly back up their data.
About once every 6 months I get a panicked help desk request from an ebase user who has "deleted all my data" or has had a power outage and when things came back on had a damaged file. These should not be panic items, "Just go back to your most recent backup". But these folks ether don't have a backup or have one that is months old, or have one but have been backing up the wrong stuff.
Generally I can get their data back, given it is not really deleted. But what should be a simple event turns into one which delays that big mailing, cost money to fix etc.
Reluctance to spend money and time on the basics such as backup process and someone who's job it is to do it, contemporary hardware and software and training is the first "security hole" that needs patching. Until that is patched, all the other security issues that are talked about in a business setting are not even in the running.
Clif
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