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How to avoid the hook, line and sinker of a phishing email
The damage of a phishing attack can be huge. Learn how to avoid falling for a phishing email with these great awareness tips.
6 reasons to use a password manager
Read our top six reasons to start using a password manager to make your life easier and keep your passwords secure!
Cyber insurance in action: Insights and cautionary tales
Petra Lucioli, Claims Manager at Delta Insurance, shares her insights on cyber insurance claims in New Zealand.
Detect security incidents with the power of logging and auditing
Healthcare has a high risk of cybersecurity incidents because, by nature, healthcare is a system that puts a lot of trust in people. Providers engage in sensitive activities on behalf of patients and need to exchange or access confidential patient information. Outsiders (e.g. hackers) are a threat but, sometimes, insiders (e.g. employees) can be too. […]
Using HTTPS on your website
The ‘s’ stands for secure Enabling HTTPS is the first of four priority measures in CERT NZ’s ‘Protect It’ campaign. Your patients and customers trust you to keep their information, and the communication you have with them, confidential and safe. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) keeps the information transferred between you and your patients or customers confidential by […]
Protect It – Step up your website security
Patients First are proud to be participating in CERT NZ’s ‘Protect It’ campaign, aimed at helping New Zealand businesses to improve their website security. Any healthcare organisation that consumes or provides services using websites must take ownership of the services that they provide or pass-on to patients. Patients First is especially focused on helping you to reduce cybersecurity risks in your businesses and organisations, and urge you […]