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February 2020 New Zealand Information Security Manual

February 13, 2020

The New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) has released an update which includes revisions of the chapter on information security incidents.

NCSC Cyber Security Advisory CSA-2020-1438

January 15, 2020

On 15 January 2020 (NZDT), Microsoft released a security advisory detailing a vulnerability in how Windows validates digital certificates.

NCSC Cyber Security Advisory CSA-2020-1439

January 08, 2020

In late 2019, Citrix released security bulletin CTX267027 detailing a vulnerability (CVE-2019-19781) affecting the following products:

Reporting an Incident

If your organisation has encountered or suspects a cyber-security incident, please complete and return the Cyber Security Incident - Report Form. If you require assistance in dealing with the incident, please complete the Cyber Security Incident – Request for Assistance Form.

If required, you can speak with us directly on (04) 498-7654.

Some interesting stats

339 cyber security incidents were recorded by the National Cyber Security Centre in the 12 months to 30 June 2019.

The National Cyber Security Centre estimates the gross reduced harm benefit from the operation of its CORTEX cyber defence capabilities to be $27.7 million in the 2018-19 financial year.

The National Cyber Security Centre determined that in the 2018-19 financial year, 38% of the total recorded incidents involved indicators that had been linked to state-sponsored computer network exploitation groups.

If New Zealand has secrets worth stealing, then they're worth protecting.

Threats to New Zealand's interests do not respect national boundaries.