NTEN Nonprofit Cybersecurity Readiness Program 2025
Applications are open for the NTEN Nonprofit Cybersecurity Readiness Program 2025. This is a three-month learning program designed to significantly advance the functional security of nonprofits while building cybersecurity leadership, management, and confidence for nonprofit staff.
🛡️ About NTEN Nonprofit Cybersecurity Readiness Program
The fully-funded, closed-cohort program works with 20 organizations per cohort to provide peer engagement and professional development as a group alongside individualized security assessments, priority planning, and service implementation.
This program builds on NTEN's proven model, which has served 1,500+ organizations since 2010, achieving consistently high results, including a 98% net promoter score.
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: August 16, 2025
- Application Deadline: August 26, 2025
- Category: Training, Fully Funded
📚 Topics Covered
Participants will explore the following topics:
- Building your security mindset
- Understanding the cybersecurity landscape
- Foundational security: accounts, devices & malware
- Staying safe online: browsing, social media & online harassment
- Building a culture of security
- Secure messaging & communications
- Secure data storage
- Introduction to data minimization
- Incident response planning
- Physical security, travel security
🎁 Benefits of NTEN Nonprofit Cybersecurity Readiness Program
- Threat assessment: Conduct a tech assessment of your organization's cybersecurity preparedness and evaluate digital vulnerabilities such as phishing and data breaches.
- Certification pathway: Option to extend training and earn an NTEN professional certificate.
- Tailored learning: Participate in a structured, three-month curriculum designed for nonprofit contexts and speak to expert advisors.
- Custom security plan: Receive support in developing a clear, actionable security plan for your organization.
- Fully funded cohorts: Generously funded by NTEN's partners, making the program entirely free to attend.
- Peer networking: Live events to connect with others facing similar challenges.
✅ Eligibility Criteria
Open Cohorts:
- Global applicants
- U.S.-based applicants
Ideal Candidate:
- Professionals working in nonprofits interested in advancing or implementing security and privacy initiatives.
- Applicants may hold any role or title within the nonprofit.
- Board members or volunteers are not eligible.
📅 Application Date and Process
- Application Deadline: August 26, 2025
- To apply, visit the NTEN Nonprofit Cybersecurity Readiness Program application portal.
🌟 Sponsor Organization
The program is sponsored by NTEN, a leader in nonprofit technology and readiness initiatives.
For more details, visit the NTEN Nonprofit Cybersecurity Readiness Program website.
Apply now to secure your spot in this transformative program!
- Threat assessment: Conduct a tech assessment of your organization's cybersecurity preparedness, then speak to an advisor to evaluate your digital vulnerabilities - from phishing to data breaches.
- Certification pathway: You have the option to extend your training and earn a professional development milestone - an NTEN professional certificate.
- Tailored learning: Participate in a structured, three-month curriculum through the NTEN Training Center - designed for nonprofit contexts - and speak to expert advisors onboard.
- Custom security plan: You'll receive support in developing a clear, actionable plan for your organization.
- Fully funded cohorts: These cohorts are generously funded by NTEN's partners and so are entirely free to attend.
- Peer networking: Live events to connect with others facing similar challenges.








