{"id":1982616,"date":"2023-07-25T19:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T23:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-sets-up-lead-cyber-agency-to-boost-online-security\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T19:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T23:38:15","slug":"new-zealand-sets-up-lead-cyber-agency-to-boost-online-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-sets-up-lead-cyber-agency-to-boost-online-security\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand establishes cyber agency to enhance online security."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-zealand-sets-up-lead-cyber-agency-to-boost-online-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>New Zealand Boosts Cyber \u2064Defences to Safeguard Public and \u200bBusinesses<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064government of New Zealand announced on Wednesday its plans to enhance its cyber \u200ddefences by establishing a lead agency dedicated to \u2064assisting the public and businesses in the \u200bevent \u200cof network intrusions. This move aims to improve the response to cyber incidents by integrating New Zealand&#8217;s Computer Emergency Response\u2064 Team into the National \u200bCyber Security Centre.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-biden-infrastructure-plan-doesnt-address-cyber-security-threats-to-u-s-power-grid\/\" title=\"Critics: Biden infrastructure plan doesn\u2019t address cyber security threats to U.S. power grid\">cyber security threats<\/a> New Zealand faces are growing in scale and sophistication,\u201d stated Public Service Minister Andrew Little. He \u2062further added,\u200b \u201cHaving a single agency to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-sets-up-lead-cyber-agency-to-boost-online-security\/\" title=\"New Zealand establishes cyber agency to enhance online security.\">provide authoritative advice<\/a> and respond to\u200d incidents\u2062 across\u2062 every threat \u200dlevel is\u200b international best\u2064 practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to official data, \u2062direct financial losses from cyber incidents in the first \u200dquarter of this year\u200b amounted to NZ$5.8 million ($3.61 million). However, the\u200c government believes that the true\u2062 extent of \u200charm to the economy is\u200d underreported.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times, New Zealand has witnessed \u200ba surge in online\u200b break-ins, prompting the country&#8217;s central bank\u200d to propose the \u2064collection of \u200cfinancial data on cyber \u2064incidents to gain a better understanding \u200bof cyber \u2062risks in the financial sector.\u2064 Additionally, several companies in\u200b New Zealand and neighboring Australia have fallen\u2064 victim to cyber\u2063 attacks, \u2062including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-wray-compares-ransomware-challenge-to-9-11-attacks\/\" title=\"FBI Director Wray Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9\/11 Attacks\">recent ransomware attack<\/a> on payments solutions provider Smartpay \u200cHoldings.<\/p>\n<p>($1 = 1.6067 New Zealand dollars)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by Sonali Paul)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/new-zealand-sets-up\/attachment\/new-zealands-defence-minister-andrew-little-poses-for-a-picture\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Hunter \u2063Biden&#8217;s Court Date\u2063 Approaches<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Police Conclude \u200dSearch in Suspected &#8216;Giglo \u200bBeach&#8217; Serial\u2064 Killer&#8217;s Home<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>FreedomWorks Calls for Rollback of Current Spending Levels<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Catholic Activist Exposes Funding of Woke Causes by\u2064 Bishops&#8217; Organization<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>New Zealand Strengthens Cyber \u200bDefences<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Twitter Rebrands with New Logo and Name<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>UK Data Regulator to Examine Worldcoin Project<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Artificial Intelligence\u200d Imagines Children of Missing Persons in Argentina<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>enhance cyber defences. The move aims to streamline assistance for the public and businesses during network intrusions. New Zealand plans to integrate its Computer Emergency Response Team into the National Cyber Security Centre to strengthen its capabilities in combating cyber threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1982617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}