Community Happenings: February 6 2018

Shannon Emery

Hi Community!

 
Blackbaud is notorious for acronyms but there are two very important ones to discuss today: TLS and GDPR. Get ready, these are some epic changes!

 
TLS
TLS stands for “Transport Layer Security” and is a protocol that provides privacy and data integrity between two communication applications. Per the PCI Security Standards, Blackbaud is disabling TLS v 1.0 encryption protocol on March 15, 2018.

 
If you’re hosted or self-hosted, we have plenty of information about the upcoming changes. Make sure to check out this Best Practices for Sharing TLS Requirements with Your Donors post. Blackbaud has also created a one stop shop for all the TLS information here.

 
GDPR
GDPR stands for “General Data Protection Regulation” and is a regulation that unifies and strengthens data protection for all individuals within the European Union (EU). Even more importantly it addresses the export of personal data outside of the European Union. While the regulation is in effect now, the official grace period is over in May 2018 and you’ll want to be ready.

 
Stay up to date with the latest information from Blackbaud here in the GDPR Toolkit and here in the Community with our GDPR page.  

 
Now back to the Community:

 
Make an Appearance

• Curious about Financial Edge NXT? Join us on February 22 for our next Intro to Financial Edge NXT webinar.

Stay Informed

• Exciting news! The ability to add gender options in Raiser’s Edge 7.96, Patch 8 is now available!

Get Involved

• It’s time for another poll – this time all about giving at your organization. Check it out and weigh in for an upcoming blog!

Alright, favorite Community, that’s it for now! See you next week!

James Cypher

Hello, when I put the FE NXT webinar into Outlook via your link, it made the ending date the 28th @ 3 pm instead of the 22nd.