Home
Info & Advice
- December 7, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
While you’re decking the halls with holly and reveling in the long-awaited holidays, other folks are hard at work through their ‘busy time’. It’s not just the hospitality industry expecting a bumper Christmas either – hackers, scammers, and other online miscreants see December and January as one of the most potentially lucrative periods of the year.
- December 4, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
The global cost of a data breach last year was USD $4.45 million. This is an increase of 15% over three years. As we step into 2024, it’s crucial to be aware of emerging technology threats.
- November 5, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
In the pulsating digital landscape, every click and keystroke echoes through cyberspace. The battle for data security rages on.
- November 5, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
Breached or stolen passwords are the bane of any organization’s cybersecurity. Passwords cause over 80% of data breaches. Hackers get in using stolen, weak, or reused (and easily breached) passwords.
- November 2, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
Cybersecurity has become a critical foundation upon which many aspects of business rely. Whether you’re a large enterprise or small business, network security is a must. Cyberattacks can have long-term consequences.
- October 29, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
This Cyber Smart Week (30 October – 5 November), we’re supporting CERT NZ to highlight the importance of staying secure online and showing New Zealanders what’s at stake when they don’t get their online security right.
New Zealand-based IT consulting firm Advantage was recently awarded the NZ-wide Innovation Award at the Reseller News Innovation Awards. The award recognizes partners that deliver innovative solutions to their customers headquartered outside of the three most-populated metropolitan areas in the country.
Ah, outsourcing. There’s a long and successful history and well-understood principles underpinning the now-familiar concept of outsourcing IT or any other specialist function to ‘the professionals’. It works because it makes sense: not an expert in [whatever], but [whatever] is essential? Hand it to those who are the experts. It works for general IT. And it works for security, too.
- September 12, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
Advantage hires senior talent, continues to builds Security Consulting division
- September 12, 2023
- Cybersecurity, News
There’s a bit of a global cost of living crisis going on and everyone’s feeling the pinch. Even the hackers.