Schools and kura have a lot to manage when online threats appear, especially when those threats are designed to cause disruption or concern. It’s becoming common for hoax threats to be sent to New Zealand schools via email - such as the recent hoax bomb threat emails....
Keeping your school, staff and ākonga safer online can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to understand tech jargon and figure out what actions you need to take first. In honour of Cyber Smart Week, Andrew Hood, our Senior Product Manager for Security...
Exposed services… huh? Open ports… what? Frontier AI and rogue AI… are these real threats? Have you heard these terms mentioned and wondered what on earth they are? Or why are they important? We’re here to help you understand what they are, the risk they pose and why...
Welcome to the Term 3 In Brief newsletter. Welcome to the latest In Brief newsletter, where we share updates and information to support you and your school. This term, find practical tips to help strengthen your school’s digital safety posture, key updates on why...
Mana College is embracing technology to expand learning opportunities for ākonga, from creative design and digital arts to coding and 3D printing. Behind the scenes, support from Network for Learning is helping provide the reliable connectivity needed to make that...
As classrooms across Aotearoa New Zealand become increasingly digital, ensuring ākonga are safer online is a shared responsibility across the entire education sector. Netsafety Week 2026 is on now – from 17–23 August – and offers a timely focus on what can be achieved...
A practical guide for schools and IT providers on why shared accounts are being phased out and what to do instead. Shared accounts solved a practical problem. Whether it was a generic administrator login shared by several school staff or a single account used by an IT...