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What will the Microsoft annual/monthly licensing changes mean for you?

What will the Microsoft annual/monthly licensing changes mean for you?

by Andrew Hunt | Nov 3, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

A few weeks ago, we warned you about changes to Microsoft 365 pricing coming in at March 2022. We still don’t know the exact prices.  Microsoft have published some USD numbers and we have used those to base an estimate on, but we don’t know for certain...
Does the new Chinese PIPL law apply to you?

Does the new Chinese PIPL law apply to you?

by Andrew Hunt | Nov 3, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

If you do business in China, you need to know about the “PIPL” It’s the Chinese equivalent of the GDPR from the EU – and your responsibility to protect the data privacy of the Chinese. The law came into being relatively quickly and has already taken effect as at...

Security Training and Awareness offer

by Andrew Hunt | Oct 20, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

We are deploying some new tools for our KARE for Security clients. For a limited time we can share these with all our clients to give you and your colleagues some great e-security awareness training. The holiday season is targeted by scammers, they know that employees...

Zero-Trust Networking for real business?

by Andrew Hunt | Oct 15, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Zero-trust sounds extreme Humans like to trust.  We trust everyday as we drive down the street that the people coming the other way will stay in their lane.  We trust that the restaurants we visit prepare our food properly and hygienically. We trust that our doctor...
Fact or Fiction? My files are in the cloud, I don’t need to worry about security any more!

Fact or Fiction? My files are in the cloud, I don’t need to worry about security any more!

by Andrew Hunt | Oct 8, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

If only life were so simple!   We have some clients that ask us about file security in the cloud as if the answer is an absolute.  Of course it isn’t. The cloud is more secure than an on-premise system Assuming we’re talking about a reputable mainstream cloud,...
Are your back ups keeping up?

Are your back ups keeping up?

by Andrew Hunt | Oct 8, 2021 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Why do we need offsite, air-gapped backups? About ten years ago the age of the tape ended. USB 3 was the nail in the coffin for tapes. Finally we had something that was just as fast, but supported random access. At about the same time, we moved from data backups, to...
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