Information Security incidents on the rise in NZ

CERT NZ’s Quarter One Report provides an overview of the cyber security incidents reported from 1 January—31 March 2019.

 -  We received 992 reports in the first quarter of 2019. This is the second highest number of incidents reported to CERT NZ in a quarter since its establishment.
 
- Phishing and credential harvesting, scams and fraud, and unauthorised access have consistently been highest incident categories since quarter four, 2017.

- CERT NZ received the highest number of unauthorised access in a quarter so far, with a 19% increase on the previous quarter. Just over two thirds of these were about individuals.
Unauthorised access can be costly, in this quarter 30% of incidents reported financial losses, totalling $329,000.

- $1.7 million in direct financial losses was reported in quarter one.

Read the report here :
https://www.cert.govt.nz/about/quarterly-report/quarter-one-report-2019/

Protect your website

Your business website is an important asset, and if it’s compromised it can be really disruptive to you and your clients.

- Use SSL (HTTPS), especially if you handle customer data
- Set automatic software updates and domain renewal
- Regularly backup your site
- Check your website regularly, if content changes without your input you may have been compromised

DigIntSol can monitor and help protect your website.

Pen Test

Penetration testing or ethical hacking is the practice of testing a computer system, network or web application to find security vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit.
The process involves gathering information about the target before the test, identifying possible entry points, attempting to break in -- either virtually or for real -- and reporting back the findings.