News

• Posted April 28, 2022
• Security Advisories

This joint cyber security advisory details common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) frequently exploited by malicious cyber actors, including the 15 most commonly exploited of 2021.

• Posted April 21, 2022
• Security Advisories

The cyber security authorities of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom are releasing this Joint Cyber Security Advisory (CSA) to inform organisations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could expose organisations both within and beyond the region to increased malicious cyber activity.

• Posted March 18, 2022
• Media Releases

Collaboration between the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and two major cloud service providers has been judged the best security project in the annual information security industry iSANZ awards (external link) .

• Posted February 18, 2022
• Security Advisories

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) encourages Aotearoa New Zealand’s nationally significant organisations to consider and strengthen their cyber security readiness in response to heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

• Posted February 17, 2022
• Media Releases

The GCSB’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has joined the government programme (external link) of the service Have I Been Pwned?

• Posted February 09, 2022
• NZISM Updates

The New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) (external link) has released an update (v3.5), which includes updates to Chapter 2 – Information Security Services within Government, Chapter 3 – Roles & Responsibilities, Chapter 5 – Security Documentation, Chapter 13 – Media and IT Equipment Management, Decommissioning and Disposal and Chapter 17 – Cryptography: Chapter 2 – Information Security Services within Government Updated guidance for agencies using cloud services, including support for agencies producing cloud adoption strategies and recommendations on the adoption of cloud native security services and zero trust approaches.