Honestly, in many cases NGOs actually have a far higher physical and digital security threat environment than corporations. Partly that&#x27;s one of the things I love about my job.<p>I mean yeh, it&#x27;s cool if you can get paid loads of money for a 9-5 job to throw a ton of resources and people at protecting your Pied Piper software company in suburban USA or Europe....But now take the exact same advisary (China gov for example) and try to think up ways to minimise their threats all while driving around with a hobbiest sysadmin (who the local gov may arrest, torture or disappear if  exposed) with very little  English in the middle of the night in darkest Africa&#x2F;Middle East&#x2F;Asia...The pay is crap or non-existent, it can be high stress but you get to make a real difference, which is rewarding.