Comodo Inc., a provider of identity and trust assurance management solutions, today announced an initiative aimed at helping charitable organizations protect their donors from website data theft and online fraud.
Recent security breaches such as the theft of 2,000 donor addresses from a UK Christian Charity website add weight to existing research suggesting cyber criminals are focusing on non-profit sites as an easy target. Comodo says that the problem is exacerbated by the wider misconceptions that an SSL certificate alone is sufficient protection against online fraud.
This initiative was the result of Comodo's research into identifying Internet Fraud segment clusters. Based on our technologies as a Certification Authority, Comodo was able to ascertain that NGOs were the new targets of phishers and pharmers. Comodo expects that over 3,000 Not for Profit organizations will benefit from this initiative.
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