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Current Activity

GCSB’s cyber defence services wins top industry award

November 14, 2018

Government Communications Security Bureau’s (GCSB) cyber defence services called CORTEX has been named Best Security Project or Initiative at the 2018 Information Security Awards NZ.

Nationally significant organisations’ cyber resilience report released

October 31, 2018

The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has released a benchmark assessment of cyber security resilience across New Zealand’s nationally significant organisations.

October 2018 New Zealand Information Security Manual

October 30, 2018

The New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) has been updated to include the following:

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

396 cyber security incidents were recorded by the National Cyber Security Centre in the 12 months to 30 June 2017. This is an average of 33 incidents per month. In the previous 12 months there were 338 cyber security incidents.

The National Cyber Security Centre provided hands-on intensive incident response on 31 occasions in the past financial year to help organisations deal with serious cyber incidents.

The National Cyber Security Centre determined that in the past financial year, 122 cyber 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.