Cyber Smart Week

Cyber Smart Week kicks off today and runs until Friday 23 October. Developed by CERT NZ, Cyber Smart Week is a government initiative focused on raising awareness of what we can do to protect ourselves online.

Cyber safety is increasingly important in our day-to-day lives. More of us are using mobile devices for work and play, and phishing and ransomware campaigns on both our personal and work devices are becoming more common.

We all have a role to play in keeping ourselves, and Fire and Emergency NZ, safe online. This means we must all be more vigilant about who sees, uses, or accesses our information and devices, both at home and at work.

One of the key things you can do to help us keep our ICT systems and data safe is to contact the ICT Helpdesk (0800 374 843 or ict.support@fireandemergency.nz) as soon as possible, day or night, to report any activity that you think might be suspicious or may impact the security of our systems.

This could be losing a Fire and Emergency device or a personal device with work info on it. Or receiving a suspicious email or link.

By reporting anything suspicious, our ICT Team can build a picture of what, if any, issue we may be facing and work quickly to fix it.

To mark Cyber Smart Week, we’ll be posting a helpful tip on the Portal throughout the week on how you can stay safe online. Lookout for these and if you have any questions, contact our ICT Helpdesk team who are always happy to help.