{"id":21747,"date":"2019-05-22T01:16:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T01:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuous.org\/raise\/2019\/05\/22\/how-online-security-works\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T01:16:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T01:16:57","slug":"how-online-security-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuous.org\/raise\/how-online-security-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How Online Security Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Half the battle in online security is knowledge. Do you know how online security and RaiseDonors work together to protect you? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At RaiseDonors, we\u2019re committed to keeping you and your donors safe online. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if nothing bad has happened to you yet \u2013 the risks are high, and the threat is very real.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever you put the worldwide web and money together, you\u2019ve got the potential for problems.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a donor or your organization becomes the victim of a cyber-attack or identity theft, it can quickly ruin the trust your donors have in you. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest security threats is nonprofit users who are simply unaware of how online security works.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes they\u2019ll turn off security features for convenience sake not knowing how dangerous that is! Sometimes they\u2019ll go long periods of time without updating their software. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why we bake security features right into RaiseDonors. So you have to think very little about online security.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t think about it at all! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s an overview of how online security works whenever you browse the Internet, check emails, or watch cat videos online.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please understand that this is not a comprehensive article of all things related to online security. And I can\u2019t make any promises that after reading this post you\u2019ll be invulnerable to online attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But after reading this article, you should be more aware of what we and others are doing to help you stay safe online with every transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Online Security<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the creators of the Internet started to understand just how big the Internet was, they started to get serious about security. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And they came up with some pretty impressive solutions to keep the general Internet surfing population safe.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HTTP and HTTPS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve probably seen \u201cHTTP\u201d and \u201cHTTPS\u201d in web addresses for years. HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol, and HTTPS stands for hypertext transfer with TLS encryption. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll normally see HTTP and HTTPS in front of web addresses like https:\/\/raisedonors.com.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear as mud, right?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, HTTP is pretty easy to understand.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HTTP is kind of like a language that was invented to allow computers to \u201ctalk\u201d and interact with each other over a network. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t really a security feature, but it standardized how the Internet would work for every computer and web browser in the world. For more information on the basics of HTTP, here\u2019s a great YouTube video:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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