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Feeling less Vulnerable

Feeling less Vulnerable

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 10, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

When the Microsoft cloud had a momentary failure in early May,  most of us had an uncomfortable hour with limited access to our files and systems.  It seems that some red-faced engineer at Microsoft made a simple small mistake that impacted systems all around the...
RIP Windows 7, SQL 2008 and friends

RIP Windows 7, SQL 2008 and friends

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 5, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

It’s time to say goodbye to Windows 7 The end of the (support) road is approaching rapidly.  They are over ten years old which is ancient in IT terms. If you think about tech around your home or in your daily life, then its quite understandable that these...
The alarming business models of cyber-criminals

The alarming business models of cyber-criminals

by Andrew Hunt | Jun 5, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Cyber-crime has become big business It’s organised, and the purveyors are shameless in their determination to steal from all of us. Heaven only knows where they get their names from.  One group we recently became aware of is called ‘PINCHY SPIDER’,...
Anyone can be hacked! And anyone can be the cause.

Anyone can be hacked! And anyone can be the cause.

by Andrew Hunt | May 4, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Guess who got hacked? In recent articles, we’ve warned that people are the weakest link in your IT security. We’ve also warned that any business is a target. No one is immune. Tech companies like us are especially cautious because, in order to do our job, we have...
Updated Privacy Laws coming to NZ

Updated Privacy Laws coming to NZ

by Andrew Hunt | Apr 18, 2019 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Overshadowed by overseas privacy law changes like GDPR, our own NZ Privacy legislation has flown a little under the radar. But rest assured, changes are coming here as well. The last change in NZ Law was 1993, and it was world-leading at the time. Then in 2011, the...
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