Thursday, 18 February 2021, 7:36 am
NZTech says that it is time for the government to put
funding into educating New Zealanders about how to avoid
being a victim of cybercrime, just as government does for
road safety.
About 87 percent of Kiwis concede
security of their personal information online is important
but 40 percent say safeguarding their information is
inconvenient, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller
says.
As New Zealand businesses operate within an
increasingly digital environment, businesses, governments
and groups are coming under a growing number of threats from
cyber-attacks.
Virtually a third of New Zealanders
don’t regularly check the privacy settings on their social
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New Zealand organizations and companies are facing increasing and rampant cybercrime and the situation is deteriorating, says NZTech CEO Graeme Muller.
Nearly one million New Zealanders fall victim to cybercrime every year, he says.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has recently faced a data breach and Australians are on high alert after a series of cyber attacks. According to the Australian Cyber Security Center, Australians make an average of 164 reports of cybercrime every day.
NZTech runs it largest cyber risk event of the year in Wellington on Feb. 24 and Muller says New Zealand organizations, companies or Kiwi people are not immune to digital hacks and / or cyber attacks.