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A local cybersecurity expert says businesses need to prepare for attacks from Russian hackers.

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"If you do not have an excellent reason to retain customer information, you need to dispose of it," says Vertech IT Services managing director Daniel Watson.

Saturday, 1 May 2021, 5:14 am Data breaches and cyberattacks are no longer just an online issue as, increasingly, sinister players use personal information to gain leverage over individuals and organisations online and offline. The author of a cybersecurity guide for Kiwi business owners, Daniel Watson, says many Kiwis may be too comfortable when it comes to supplying their personal information online. "Free offers, downloads, trial transactions, apps and other online offers designed to captu...

Press Release – Daniel Watson Data breaches and cyberattacks are no longer just an online issue as, increasingly, sinister players use personal information to gain leverage over individuals and organisations online and offline. The author of a cybersecurity guide for Kiwi business owners, … Data breaches and cyberattacks are no longer just an online issue as, increasingly, sinister players use personal information to gain leverage over individuals and organisations online and offline. The ...

Friday, 26 February 2021, 12:31 pm New Zealands latest Covid.19 lockdown is a timely reminder to SMBs that pandemic disruption has a way to go yet, which means it is time to move beyond the casual approach to work-from-home arrangements because it is a serious cybersecurity risk to businesses. Author of the book Shell Be Right (Not!) – a cybersecurity guide for Kiwi business owners – SMB cybersecurity expert and managing director of Vertech IT Services, Daniel Watson, said sharing home WIFI...