Schools and kura send, receive and store a lot of private information such as students’ names, ages, contact details, academic records and history as well as private information about their staff. Some of this is more sensitive data, such as student health records and...
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Meet Graham Flanagan, our Central Regional Director
Graham is one of N4L’s newest recruits to the Education and Engagement team. Leading the Central North Island crew, we asked Graham to share a bit about himself and his role. Tēnā koutou katoa Ko Wēra te whakapaparanga maiKo Newport te whenua tupuKo Aotearoa te...
The latest N4L IN BRIEF
Welcome to the first edition of our In Brief blog for 2023, the quarterly round up of news and tips from N4L. This time around we share a new article about trending 2023 buzzwords ‘ChatGPT’ and ‘Zero Trust’, Netsafe’s free online learning platform, and a handy guide...
Tackling phishing
Phishing is the term used for all types of scams that bypass cyber defences by tricking people into handing over information. Bad actors use it to steal money, install ransomware or steal private data. Often they are looking for passwords. Forms of phishing have been...
ChatGPT and Zero Trust – what’s behind the buzzwords?
Chances are you’ve already heard something about ChatGPT, a recently released piece of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which has the potential to massively transform the way we work with and relate to technology. It also raises fresh concerns and challenges for...
Celebrating N4L’s wāhine this International Women’s Day
We asked some of the awesome wāhine at N4L a few questions about what International Women's Day means to them. Celebrated since 1911, it’s all about gender diversity celebrating women from across the globe and has an important theme of embracing equity. It's a day...
Helping more students improve their cyber security skills and online safety
Following the successful launch at the end of last year, Grok Academy will be re-launching Cyber Comp this month to enable students who would have previously been focusing on exams to participate and test their cyber skills. With many new students starting the 2023...