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2 September 2024

Businesses in Aotearoa need to prioritise cyber security.

If you feel your business is prepared for a cyber incident, you are in the minority.

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8 April 2024

More New Zealanders adopting cyber security behaviours, but apathy also high – CERT NZ

Over half of all New Zealanders have experienced an online security attack in the last six months.

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Our website has been refreshed!

We have been working to refresh the CERT NZ website to focus on information for IT specialists and large organisations.

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20 July 2024

NCSC NZ statement on global IT outage

An IT outage following an update made by CrowdStrike software has caused significant disruption globally.

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Cyber Smart Week 2024

Save the date - Cyber Smart Week 2024
Join us for CERT NZ's annual Cyber Smart Week campaign in 2024

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5 June 2024

Cybercrime causes $6.6m in losses in first quarter of 2024 – CERT NZ

The latest Cyber Security Insights report shows that incidents with losses less than $500 have dropped for the last thre

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20 March 2024

Quiet year doesn't mean the scams have stopped

Reports to CERT NZ showed New Zealanders lost $3.6 million to cybercrime over the last three months of 2023.

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24 January 2024

International guidance for organisations engaging with AI.

13 international organisations have released joint guidance on best practice for engaging with artificial intelligence (

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7 December 2023

CERT NZ report shows investment scams costing Aotearoa millions every month

The latest reporting from CERT NZ shows losses from cyber security incidents between July and October totalling nearly $

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7 December 2023

New guidance for software manufacturers on memory safe roadmaps

Eight international agencies, including CERT NZ and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), have released joint guida

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25 September 2023

Record number of organisations sign up as supporters for CERT NZ’s Cyber Smart Week

Hundreds of organisations show their commitment to online security by supporting this year's Cyber Smart Week.

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31 August 2023

New Zealand takes the first step in creating a lead operational cyber security agency