Overcomplicated agency builds
Beautiful sites with heavy themes, dozens of plugins, and no one left to maintain them after the project ends or the funding runs out.
Security that fits NGOs, small charities, and support groups
Most NGOs and community groups are handed websites and security advice that assume big teams, big budgets, and in house IT. You probably do not have that. You still have responsibilities.
I set up simple, resilient infrastructure for NGOs, small charities, food banks, and support groups. Static sites, clean Cloudflare, lawful logging, and basic protections that match your actual size and risk.
Small NGO security
Charity friendly foundations
Cloudflare hardening
Evidence grade logs
Low admin overhead
For public interest work that leans into advocacy and campaigns, see Advocacy, campaign, and public interest sites.
Who this fits in practice
You are responsible for people and data, but you do not have a dedicated security team. You get one chance to get this mostly right without burning all of your time.
-
Small charities and NGOs
Registered organisations that work with vulnerable people, complex systems, or sensitive stories, but without in house IT.
-
Local support hubs and food banks
Groups that coordinate volunteers, referrals, and emergency support, often from one core organiser and a handful of helpers.
-
Peer led and survivor led projects
Community organisations built around lived experience, where trust and confidentiality actually matter in day to day work.
-
Campaign adjacent charities
Charities that mostly do support work, but occasionally need to publish evidence or push back on bad policy or practice.
If your staff or volunteers are already stretched, security has to be baked into simple foundations, not piled on top as another task.
Where NGO and community sites usually struggle
The problem is rarely that nobody cares. It is that the tools and advice you are given do not match your capacity or reality.
Cheap shared hosting with no protection
Sites that slow down, break, or get probed constantly, with no meaningful firewall, logging, or alerting.
Spam, bot abuse, and form misuse
Contact forms and referral forms hammered by bots, filling inboxes and wasting time that should be spent on actual people.
Missing or noisy logs
Either no logs at all, or so much raw data that nobody can interpret it. You cannot tell whether there is a real problem or just background noise.
Email that does not behave when it matters
Messages to referrers, safeguarding leads, or partners vanish into spam because SPF, DKIM, and DMARC were never set up properly.
Security guidance that assumes a bigger organisation
Policies and toolkits written for large NGOs, handed down to small teams that do not have the staff, time, or budget to implement them.
This offer focuses on a smaller set of changes that actually reduce risk and admin, instead of generating more paperwork and panic.
How I support NGOs and community groups
Security for small organisations works best when it is mostly invisible. The site just runs. The logs just work. The email just arrives.
- Static site builds that remove databases and fragile admin panels from most day to day risk. See Secure static sites.
- Cloudflare set up with sensible rules, rate limits, and bot controls that match the scale of your work.
- Evidence grade logging so you can see what is happening without needing to become a full time analyst. See Evidence grade logging.
- Optional lawful fingerprinting for higher risk projects that attract institutional or targeted attention. See Fingerprinting and Edge Tracker.
- Email and DNS sanity checks so safety alerts, referrals, and key updates reach the people they are meant to reach.
Keeping things realistic for small teams
You probably do not have an in house security lead. You may not even have a full time comms person. The foundations I set up are built so non specialists can live with them, without constant hand holding or jargon.
Where you need written guidance for staff or volunteers, I can provide simple, practical notes that reflect what your systems actually do, not a generic template copied from somewhere else.
Trust, confidentiality, and digital basics
If people trust you with their stories, referrals, or emergencies, the least the infrastructure can do is not embarrass you.
That does not mean perfection. It means fewer moving parts, better visibility, and clear explanations of what your site and email are doing. It also means being honest about limits, for example where you cannot realistically provide certain guarantees.
Security is not a badge. It is a set of calm, boring decisions that stop avoidable problems reaching the people you serve.
Boundaries for NGO and community work
Clarity protects everyone, including the people you support.
- Ki-Ki provides technical services only. I do not act as a safeguarding lead, data protection officer, or legal adviser.
- I do not design or approve your safeguarding processes, clinical pathways, or case handling decisions. My role is to align the infrastructure with the policies you already own.
- I do not draft or publish case studies or stories involving identifiable people. That needs your own governance and consent processes.
- Any copy I help with will be neutral and factual, and will only be published after your written approval.
- You must not imply that Ki-Ki endorses your clinical decisions, service models, or public positions on policy.
- If it looks like a project is handling risk in a way that is unsafe or unlawful, I will say so and may decline or end the work.
Full details are in the Neutral infrastructure policy, alongside the Terms of use and Privacy policy.
Questions NGOs and community groups usually ask
We are very small. Is this overkill for us?
Not if you work with vulnerable people, sensitive stories, or public sector partners. The goal is not enterprise level security theatre. It is a small set of solid foundations you can actually maintain.
Do you offer charity rates?
Yes. Small charities, food banks, and community projects can say so in their first email. I am transparent about what can be done safely within a reduced budget, and where corners can and cannot be cut safely.
Can you work with our existing agency or IT support?
Often yes. I can focus on Cloudflare, logging, and foundations while your existing supplier handles content and branding. Roles need to be clear so nothing important falls between the gaps.
Do we really need fingerprinting?
Not always. Many NGOs and community groups only need basic logging and Cloudflare. Fingerprinting is aimed at projects facing targeted or institutional attention, and is never switched on by default.
Can you help us with a data breach response?
I can help you understand what the logs show and stabilise the site, but I do not act as your data protection officer. You should involve your own governance leads and, where required, regulators.
We are mid project and things already feel messy. Is it too late?
It is rarely too late to improve the foundations. I can review what you have, reduce the attack surface, and get logs and email into a safer place. We then decide what to tidy immediately and what to schedule for later.
Start the conversation
Tell me what your organisation does, who you support, and what currently worries you about your site, email, or security. I will tell you plainly what is worth fixing now and what can wait.