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This article contains excerpts from news stories recently posted The Blackbaud Institute, which keeps tabs on giving
under Breaking Industry News on our homepage. For links to these trends, reported that online giving was up 21 percent last
and other full news stories, please visit www.greensheet.com/break- year, compared to 2019. Members of the new fraud ring set
ingnews.php. up fake causes seeking donations, along with the neces-
sary recipient accounts. Then they use stolen cards and
fake usernames and email addresses and, using automat-
ed scripts, donate funds to their own fabricated causes.
EWF seeks infosec women speakers

The Executive Women's Forum on Information Security,
Risk Management & Privacy issued a call for speakers for
its 19th annual conference, Securing the Digital Ecosys-
tem, to be held virtually Oct. 18 to 21, 2021. Event planners
Fraud attempts spike amid pandemic stated they are looking for knowledgeable women to share
subject matter expertise, real-life experiences, resources
The online fraud-fighting firm Sift reported that its clients and insights at the online event. Joyce Brocaglia, EWF
saw a 69 percent spike in the average value of fraudulent founder and CEO at Alta Associates, noted that the EWF's
purchase attempts in 2020 and that the COVID-19 pan- holistic approach to serving women in the infosec com-
demic "played an influential role in the evolution and up- munity is its greatest differentiator.
tick" in this escalation." Sift also revealed that it had un-
covered a sophisticated fraud ring leveraging guest check- "The EWF conference is the one place that women gather
out options on donation sites to launder stolen payment every year to be inspired, energized and to build relation-
cards. The ring appears to have been spurred on by rising ships with the brightest and most dynamic women in our
consumer philanthropy during the pandemic. field," she said. Diana Kelley, 2021 EWF conference chair,
who has been with the EWF since 2002, joined Brocaglia
in encouraging women in the infosec
community to participate.

Garima Shah honored for
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leaders. Chosen by OBJ staff and an
independent judging panel, this year's
award recipients helped Florida com-
munities survive the pandemic, OBJ
representatives stated. The journal
commended Shah on her empathetic
style of leadership and large follow-
ing, noting that she received numerous
nominations from her colleagues and
peers at Biller Genie.

"She is a rarity—a woman with not just
the capacity for greatness, but someone
who personifies it," presenters stated.
When asked how she felt about win-
ning the prestigious award, she stated,
"It was so exciting, as this is an award
I have seen so many amazing people
win in the past years, and I am hon-
ored to be among such great company."
In reflecting upon what it means to be
an OBJ 40 Under 40 honoree, she said it
was uplifting to be recognized by her
peers and her company. "I have spent

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