Christchurch - The covid pandemic has disrupted how people connect in business and in all walks of life so the Digital Identity New Zealand organisation is staging an international virtual summit later this month looking at identity and privacy problems the world is facing. A key speaker at the virtual event on
Author: Kip Brook
The new frontier of crime – cyber hacking
Christchurch - New Zealand organisations and businesses are facing rampant cybercrime threats. Almost a million New Zealanders are falling victim to cybercrime every year. United States agencies including the FBI have just warned their healthcare system is facing an increased and imminent threat of cybercrime. Cybercriminals are unleashing a series of extortion attempts
Sir Ray Avery supports Lancet’s call for NZ covid inquiry
Auckland - The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals, says it would be valuable to conduct an official inquiry into New Zealand's response to the covid pandemic. An inquiry would help shape the necessary changes to its laws, public health infrastructure and institutions, the latest Lancet says. The
Kūaka breaks record for trans-Pacific marathon
Hamilton - A kūaka (godwit) is the talk of the global bird researching-studying world after setting what appears to be a new world record for a non-stop migration marathon from Alaska to the Firth of Thames. During its migration the godwit, fitted with a transmitter last November, was tracked across the Pacific
Kiwis don’t care enough about cyber security, Muller says
Auckland - Covid has suddenly and dramatically increased New Zealand’s reliance on digital devices and the internet, despite this CERT NZ’s research shows Kiwis are not adjusting their behaviours around cyber security fast enough, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Research by CERT NZ, the government entity that tracks cyber breaches, found
Nationwide health tech study launched
Auckland - A comprehensive nationwide health technology study into the state and future opportunities for creating a world class health, disability and social system has been launched by NZ Health IT (NZHIT). The study will be contained in a report and will identify opportunities for the future and related challenges to
NZ IoT Alliance applauds convergence of 5G and IoT in Auckland’s CBD
Auckland - NZ IoT Alliance applauds Spark and Auckland Transport for accelerating the convergence of 5G and IoT by activating 5G with IoT in Auckland’s CBD. Kriv Naicker, the IoT Alliance chair, says the scaling up of IoT solutions from 100s to 1000s of sensors deployed and new data and information being
