The DHB confirmed that confidential patient and staff information stolen in the attack is genuine. Health Minister Andrew Little said he has sought and had reassurances from all DHBs that they have checked their IT systems and their resilience against possible cyber attacks. But what does that actually mean? How well-prepared are the dozens of government entities and agencies that hold vast amounts of private and critically-important information? "New Zealand organisations aren't as well protected as they should be, from a cyber perspective," futurist and chief executive of Gorilla Technology Paul Spain told Checkpoint. "But also they don't want to reveal exactly how they're protecting themselves, in a similar manner to how a military force doesn't want to reveal maybe where their shortcomings are.