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Damn – I just “corrupted” that document

Damn – I just “corrupted” that document

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 28, 2020 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

It happens to all of us. The IT geeks tell us all to save our work to the cloud (or server for those still  to move), but it’s just so convenient to have it on the desktop. We all do it.  It could be a spreadsheet you want to work on or a document that a client shared...
3,102 reported cyber-security incidents in NZ for first half 2020.

3,102 reported cyber-security incidents in NZ for first half 2020.

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 27, 2020 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

The numbers are staggering.  We always get a few clients saying “My organisation is too small, cyber-criminals won’t attack us”.  We can state with absolute certainty that this is a fallacy. Cyber Criminals are targeting every sized organisation...
Is “Deathstalker” coming for you?

Is “Deathstalker” coming for you?

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 26, 2020 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

Cyber-Crime is big business.  The criminals are organised and sophisticated.  Imagine if they put their ingenuity to things that are good?  But alas, that’s not reality.  Instead we have to brace ourselves to deal with another wave of crime. Deathstalker is a...
Automating our own business processes with Microsoft 365

Automating our own business processes with Microsoft 365

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 21, 2020 | Case Studies and Success Stories, IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

Normally our case studies reflect work we’ve done with clients. This time we wanted to share how we’ve used our own services through lockdown to automate a key business process. One of the challenges we’ve always had is that it can be really hard to know how long a...
Privacy Act 2020 – Are you ready for Dec 1st?

Privacy Act 2020 – Are you ready for Dec 1st?

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 19, 2020 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security

Parliament recently passed the new Privacy Act, which comes into effect on 1 December 2020. This introduces stricter measures around the storing, sharing and breach of personal information and gives the Privacy Commissioner more powers. Every organisation should have...
Nostalgia – Floppy Disks flying high in 2020

Nostalgia – Floppy Disks flying high in 2020

by Andrew Hunt | Aug 19, 2020 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates

The old TRS-80 just turned 43 years old.  It brings back memories of storing programmes on cassette tape.  I still have copies of games I wrote and published on cassette many years ago. That got us thinking about whether their successor, floppy disks, were still in...
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