Cyber Smart Week Continues We are continuing this week with some more useful tips from our friends at Cyber Smart Week. The next topic is two factor authentication. What the factor is 2FA? Put simply, 2FA is a great way to add another layer of protection to your important accounts. It is easy to set [...]
This week is Cyber Smart week What will you do this week to #getcybersmart? Not sure where to start? We’ve teamed up with @CERTNZ to share some simple steps so everyone can join in! Improving your cyber security doesn’t need to be overwhelming, just doing a couple of simple things will set you on your [...]
What's New? Cert NZ has released its second quarterly report for 2018. The Cert NZ reports provide an interesting snapshot of recent cyber security incidents reported by both individuals and organisations. The latest report shows that cyber security incidents continue to increase quarter-on-quarter. Over 700 reports were made to CERT NZ in the second quarter [...]
Cyber crime: Just like real crime Cyber crime is in many respects no different to traditional crime. We can be cautious and risk-averse, take all known precautions and follow best practice. But there will always be a criminal somewhere who is more determined, smarter, or simply one step ahead of even the latest and greatest [...]
Is a router a firewall? Routers allow data to move between computer networks. If you use a computer at home or work, your router will perform a fundamental job by forwarding data packets between your computers and the internet, in other words, they provide the means for your internet connectivity. They are still typically implemented [...]
The Privacy Bill, currently being considered at Select Committee, is a long-awaited piece of legislation, which will repeal and replace the outdated Privacy Act 1993. All going to plan, New Zealand will have a new standard of privacy rules by the middle of 2019. The current Act regulates how personal information should be collected, used, [...]
Right at the start of this year we had a crack at predicting what 2018 might hold in store. Much attention at that time was on Meltdown and Spectre, whose shockwaves continue to reverberate through the industry, with numerous new variants helping to demonstrate that one of the main sources of CPU speed in recent [...]
When you’re running a business time is money, so taking time out to restore a website that’s gone down can cost you big. Just like having the company car serviced so you’re prepared for any future issues before they happen, giving your website a warrant of fitness doesn’t take long, but prepares you in the [...]
What Small Businesses Are Saying In the first quarter of this year, SiteLock undertook a broad study of more than 10 million websites and surveyed 250 website owners. Most of the website owners surveyed classified their businesses as being small businesses (ie with less than 50 employees), just the sort of operations that we see [...]
What's New Cert NZ has released its first quarterly report for 2018, and social engineering attacks feature heavily in the new statistics. The Cert NZ reports provide an interesting snapshot of recent cyber security incidents reported by both individuals and organisations. The number of reported incidents reached a peak of 506 in the first quarter of [...]
