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• Posted April 04, 2022
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Work to remove the retired domes and antennae at Waihopai Station has begun, Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) Director-General Andrew Hampton says.

• Posted March 18, 2022
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Collaboration between the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and two major cloud service providers has been judged the best security project in the annual information security industry  iSANZ awards (external link) .

• Posted December 01, 2021
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The GCSB is partnering with private-sector cyber security providers in an initiative that has the potential to prevent millions of dollars of cyber harm.

• Posted November 26, 2021
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The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) have welcomed the recognition of Chief People Officer Shelly Thompson by the 2021 New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards.

• Posted November 11, 2021
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11 November 2021 Attributable to GCSB Director-General Andrew Hampton: The Government Communications Security Bureau leadership team has made the decision to decommission and remove the Waihopai Station radomes and dishes after more than 30 years of service.

• Posted February 01, 2021
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The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) Director-General Andrew Hampton has welcomed the growing diversity of women studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects who have received the latest GCSB scholarship grants.

• Posted November 25, 2020
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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its  Cyber Threat Report [PDF, 1.4 MB]  for the 2019/20 reporting year.

• Posted July 31, 2020
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The Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) Andrew Hampton says a report by the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security into the role of the GCSB and the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) in relation to certain events in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2013 provides welcome oversight of the GCSB’s activities during this period.

• Posted July 17, 2020
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The Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) Andrew Hampton is aware of the cyber-security advisory issued by the United Kingdom, United States and Canada regarding state sponsored malicious cyber activity targeting organisations involved in COVID-19 vaccine development.

• Posted May 13, 2020
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New Zealand is speaking out against cyber actors taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to carry out malicious cyber activity.