by administrator | Apr 29, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Do I really need more cyber-security protection? What’s new in 2021? We’ve been warning about cyber-security risks for years and telling everyone that it’s getting more and more adverse. The protections that seemed excessive a year ago are now inadequate! What’s the...
by Andrew Hunt | Mar 9, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
‘Zero-Trust’ is a tough headline. Zero-trust in a world where we trust people all the time is an unpleasant concept. We trust that when we order a package online, that the vendor will take our order and not just our money, that our product will be passed...
by Andrew Hunt | Feb 12, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
We’ve posted repeatedly about cyber-security and the need to be more vigilant and more careful, and we’ve shared real-world stories to reinforce the concern. It’s a concern then that we still see a number of organisations that remain reluctant to increase their...
by Andrew Hunt | Jan 11, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
We keep making the point that nothing can guarantee you won’t be hacked. But you can, and must, mitigate your cyber-risk. We think tools like Multi-Factor Authentication is crucial for protecting your IT systems – and MFA should be on EVERYTHING you use – your email...
by Andrew Hunt | Dec 20, 2020 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
In the last week, we’ve seen two major successful attacks on critical US IT management and Cyber security tools. The first we learned about was on FireEye which is one of the leading and most trusted cyber security tools, used by much of the Fortune 500. ...
by Andrew Hunt | Dec 2, 2020 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Denial of Service (aka what went wrong at the NZX?) In September the NZ Stock Exchange was the victim of an attempted extortion via a DDOS attack. The attack took them offline serval times over a number of days. Many business are now asking, what is DDOS and could...
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