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Baltimore cyber attack
Cyber Security

Lessons from the Baltimore cyberattack for NZ

July 2, 2019

According to FintechNZ’s General Manager James Brown, New Zealand can take lessons from the U.S. city of Baltimore, which was offline for over a week in May following a ransomware cyberattack. Hackers breached the Maryland […]

Andrew Scothern
Cyber Security

Cyber security – you don’t have to be an expert

January 31, 2019

Cyber is a topic that can make people switch off straight away, particularly when it comes to cyber risks in their security system. Apathy, fear or unfamiliarity can all play a part, writes Andrew Scothern, […]

Chuck Davis
Cyber Security

Hikvision cyber chief rubbishes spying claims, sets record straight

December 3, 2018

Amid sensationalist media allegations of back-door vulnerabilities and Chinese government snooping, Hikvision director of cybersecurity Chuck Davis talks to editor Nicholas Dynon about the company’s less widely reported cyber efforts. With more than 20 years’ […]

Information Domain
Cyber Security

Chinese Tech: Let’s talk about the elephant in the room

August 1, 2018

NZSM editor Nicholas Dynon does his due diligence on media-reported claims that Chinese tech and security manufacturers build products that spy on behalf of Beijing. They’re accusations, he writes, that smell just a little off. […]

Hybrid conflict: Natanz Nuclear Facility
Cyber Defence

The expanding role of cyber in national security

July 20, 2018

Dr Bryson Payne of the Center for Cyber Operations Education at the University of North Georgia writes public and private will need to work together if we are to survive the next generation of cyber-enabled […]

John Martin - IBM New Zealand
Cyber Security

Q&A: Maximising and augmenting security analyst capability with artificial intelligence

April 1, 2018

John Martin is Senior Security Architect & Security Practice Leader at IBM New Zealand and President of the New Zealand Chapter of ISC2. He spoke to NZSM about how ‘new collar’ recruitment, micro-skills training and […]

Cybersecurity talent
Cyber Security

Enhancing cybersecurity through talent management

March 20, 2018

Nick Nelson, senior lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, argues that maintaining cybersecurity includes both technological as well as human factors – this means that recruiting and retaining the ‘right’ people […]

Cyber War
Cyber Defence

Cyber Warfare: Offence, defence and deterrence

March 20, 2017

Dr Joe Burton, senior lecturer in political science and public policy at Waikato University, presented on cyber warfare at the 2017 NZDIA Defence, Industry & National Security Forum. We ask him about how New Zealand […]

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