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AI has moved from novelty to normal almost overnight. Teams are using tools like ChatGPT to draft emails, summarise meetings, analyse data and speed up everyday work. In many cases, this experimentation is already happening whether leadership knows it or not.

At the end of last month, many of us were shocked to hear of another cyber attack on a healthcare platform, this time one affecting our aged community. The incident once again placed cyber security firmly in the public spotlight, highlighting just how vulnerable even trusted digital services can be.

Moving to the cloud gives organisations speed, flexibility, and scale. But it also introduces new responsibilities. Cloud security isn’t a “set and forget” exercise. Small misconfigurations, left unchecked, can quickly turn into serious security incidents.

Multi‑Factor Authentication (MFA) has been a cornerstone of account security for years, and for good reason. Adding a second factor dramatically reduces the risk of account compromise. But not all MFA methods offer the same level of protection, and the threat landscape has moved on.

WAN costs rarely creep up overnight. They grow quietly – site by site, contract by contract – until one day the network bill looks surprisingly large for something that “just works”.

When most organisations think about security, they focus on keeping attackers out. Firewalls, MFA, endpoint protection – all essential. But modern attacks assume something different: eventually, someone gets in. This is where microsegmentation becomes critical.

Now officially listed under Secure Email Management and Administration – delivering email security and modern authentication services in partnership with PowerDMARC.

Sometimes the first step in a cyberattack isn’t code. It’s a click. A single login involving one username and password can give an intruder a front-row seat to everything your business does online. This guide looks at how to make life much harder for would-be intruders. The aim isn’t to drown you in tech jargon. Instead, it’s to give IT-focused small businesses a playbook that moves past the basics and into practical, advanced measures you can start using now.

Managed security services provider Advantage is drawing attention to its appointment as an AWS Channel Partner Private Offer partner through distributor NEXTGEN. The agreement makes available various software solutions through the AWS Marketplace platform, enhancing Advantage’s ability to deliver value-added solutions to its clients.

We interviewed Brad Pearpoint about why Cyber Security is a core pillar of Advantage. He talks about the fact that security is a business-critical issue for businesses across all sectors and that every organisation, regardless of size, is facing growing pressures to protect data, ensure continuity of business and meet changing compliance requirements. He outlines how Advantage is responding to this issue with a client-first approach. 

Strong passwords are the first step to protecting your online accounts—but not all passwords are created equal. In this blog, we reveal why the seemingly complex “PE#5GZ29PTZMSE” isn’t as secure as you think, why a passphrase like “Stop Hammer Time!” wins, and how to check if your own credentials have already been exposed in breaches. Plus, we explore the next critical step in cybersecurity: enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA).

So, in recent times we’ve seen airline Qantas falling victim to a cyberattack which hit a third-party contact centre platform potentially exposing personal details of up to 6 million customers. On the NZ side of the ditch, New World took an arrow to the knee with a password spraying attack.