ReportWire

Tag: church management software

  • Planning Center Demonstrates Data Security as the First Major Church Management Software Company to Achieve SOC 2 Compliance

    Planning Center Demonstrates Data Security as the First Major Church Management Software Company to Achieve SOC 2 Compliance

    Press Release
    –

    Nov 15, 2022 07:00 EST


    CARLSBAD, Calif., November 15, 2022 (Newswire.com)
    –
    Planning Center, a leading company in church management software, has officially completed a Service Organization Control (SOC 2) audit of their systems, processes, and policies to confirm the safety and security of their customers’ data.

    SOC 2 is the standard in information security, and Planning Center is the only major church management system to comply. With this compliance, churches can confidently trust Planning Center to keep their highly personal and sensitive data as protected as possible—children’s check-in locations, financial data, prayer requests, and more.

    Planning Center demonstrated their protection of churches’ data through stringent testing by a third party. The SOC 2 audit included a review of Planning Center’s policies, backup and disaster recovery, incident response, firewall configurations, and other critical areas of their business such as confidentiality and privacy. To maintain their status, they will continue to monitor internal systems and meet security benchmarks year after year. 

    SOC 2 compliance is part of Planning Center’s ongoing dedication to data security. This summer, they announced the release of two-step verification login for their products and they continue to pursue the strongest data security measures possible. 

    Learn more about SOC 2 and Planning Center’s commitment to best security practices from the blog announcement, and request a copy of their completed SOC 2, Type 2 report on their security page. 

    About Planning Center: Planning Center provides over 76,000 churches with an all-in-one church management system—tools to help them get organized by processing donations, coordinating events, scheduling volunteers, checking children in, and much more. They also offer a custom mobile app for congregations to connect through group chat, a digital directory, live-streamed service, and other custom content. Their flagship product, Planning Center Services, is the leading production tool for volunteer scheduling, worship planning, and rehearsing. For more information, visit planningcenter.com.

    Source: Planning Center

    Source link

  • Planning Center Increases Data Security by Releasing Two-Step Verification Login

    Planning Center Increases Data Security by Releasing Two-Step Verification Login

    Press Release
    –

    Jul 28, 2022


    CARLSBAD, Calif., July 28, 2022 (Newswire.com)
    –
    Planning Center, a leading company in church management software, announced this week the release of two-step verification login for its products. 

    Churches store sensitive, personal, and valuable information about their congregation in their Planning Center accounts — from contact information and financial data to children’s locations, medical notes, prayer requests, and much more.

    Two-step verification enables churches to add an extra layer of security to protect the data in their Planning Center account by requiring administrators to enter a case-sensitive password and a security code to log in. 

    Anyone who can log in to Planning Center has some level of access to this extremely private information, and thus shares some of the power and responsibility of protecting that data. Planning Center’s role is to ensure its software is built, maintained, and supported as securely as possible. Two-step verification login is a tool churches can use to further participate in keeping their accounts secure.

    This news comes shortly after Planning Center’s recent announcement that the company is SOC 2 Type I compliant. “At Planning Center, we’re committed to equipping our churches with tools to protect their congregations’ data from those who would use it for harm. We’ll continue to push forward every product feature, policy, process, and procedure to keep our churches on the cutting edge of what’s possible in data privacy and security,” said Jeff Berg, founder and CEO of Planning Center. 

    Learn more about Planning Center’s security practices on its security page, and read the announcement of two-step verification on the company’s blog. 

    About Planning Center: Planning Center provides over 73,000 churches with an all-in-one church management system — tools to help them get organized by processing donations, coordinating events, scheduling volunteers, checking children in, and much more. The company also offers a custom mobile app for congregations to connect through group chat, a digital directory, live-streamed service, and other custom content. Its flagship product Planning Center Services is the leading production tool for volunteer scheduling, worship planning, and rehearsing. For more information, visit planningcenter.com.

    Source: Planning Center

    Source link