Once again, we’ve teamed up with our friends at CERT NZ to support Cyber Smart Week by providing some helpful tips that you can implement to help keep your kura or school online learning environment safer and more secure. The use of technology in schools continues to...
We all know how important it is to be vigilant against the threat of potential dangers online, like phishing or scams, to prevent a cyber attack. Most of us also know this is because cyber attacks can have consequences for everyone involved - whether it’s the loss of...
Written by Bill Bennett, tech journalist Cyber security is changing. In the past the focus was on building a defensive wall around known devices and fixed networks. That’s harder now that people can move around, choose their own devices and use external connections to...
It’s Netsafety Week and we’ve joined forces with Netsafe to promote the safe and positive use of the internet. This year’s theme is Diversity Matters. Online Safety Done Together. This week is about understanding different communities’ online safety perspectives and...
Keeping your school or kura secure online may seem like a complex task and we understand that frequent media reports of cyber criminals getting more and more sophisticated can feel overwhelming. There are many different types of online risk and threats schools and...
Written by Bill Bennett, tech journalist Ransomware is a kind of malware that locks up computer data, then demands a payment to unlock it. While attacks are disruptive and can be expensive to deal with, Network for Learning can help schools reduce the risks. Often,...
Written by Bill Bennett Technology Journalist Network for Learning’s (N4L’s) new cybersecurity services are helping to keep schools safe from online threats. These services were introduced at the end of March and expand N4L’s current security offering. It includes a...