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SecOps
Cyber Security

State of SecOps: New Zealand braces against phishing, ransomware surge and alert fatigue

March 23, 2024

A report commissioned by Fortinet urges adoption of automation and AI to address increasing complexity and volume of cyber threats, ensuring organisations’ SecOps stay ahead of cybersecurity challenges. According to the survey conducted by IDC […]

Cyber espionage
Cyber Security

Fortinet white paper: Cyber espionage difficult to attribute, difficult to detect

January 18, 2024

According to a Fortinet cybersecurity white paper, it’s almost certain that nation state malware is present and undetected in many government agencies and critical infrastructure entities. On 8 December 2023, the New Zealand Government joined […]

Critical Infrastructure
Cyber Defence

National Security Strategy highlights cybersecurity as a core national security issue

October 10, 2023

A recently published Fortinet white paper echoes New Zealand’s new National Security Strategy’s concerns around the growing threat from malicious cyber activities. Launched in August, Aotearoa New Zealand’s first ever national security strategy breaks new […]

Cyber Security

Protecting New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from attack

June 20, 2023

A recently published Fortinet whitepaper highlights the need to protect New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from “grey zone” threats as global tensions heighten and a new Cold War sets in. Amid conflict in Ukraine and escalating […]

Fortinet
Cyber Security

Fortinet survey finds most organisations felt prepared for ransomware attacks, yet half fell victim

April 27, 2023

Organisations taking a best-of-breed, point product approach to security were more likely to be attacked by ransomware in the last year reveals survey by Fortinet. Fortinet has unveiled its 2023 Global Ransomware Report, which is based […]

Contracts
Features

Breaking the Mould: Values based contracts in a world of Zero Trust

April 5, 2022

Contracts come from the world of Zero Trust, writes Consultant to Fortinet Jennie Vickers, but a new Auckland Council contract template has brought trust into the equation – and it’s also subtracted plenty of pages […]

Score
Cyber Security

Converging IT and OT Security: Learning lessons from the golf course

March 16, 2022

If 21st century golf tournaments can get security convergence right, writes Consultant to Fortinet and 2021 #1 IFESEC Global Influencer in Security Jennie Vickers, why is it that organisations’ Boards and C-Suites struggle to do […]

Cyber safe holidays
Cyber Security

How to be Cyber Safe in your Holiday Space

December 1, 2021

According to Jennie Vickers of Zeopard Consulting and Consultant to Fortinet, the first action you need take to protect your business over the holiday break is security awareness training for everyone, including your employees and […]

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