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• Posted November 25, 2020
• Media Releases

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

• Posted October 30, 2020

The  New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) (external link)  has released an update (v3.4), which includes: Chapter 16 - Access Control and Passwords.

• Posted October 20, 2020

The New Zealand intelligence agencies blow their secret cover today with the launch of a light-hearted new recruitment campaign.

• Posted October 09, 2020

The Directors-General of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) and Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) have welcomed the success of the intelligence agencies at the New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards 2020.

• Posted August 07, 2020
• Director-General Speeches

August 3, 2020 (Text of presentation by Andrew Hampton, Director General, Government Communications Security Bureau to NZ Institute of International Affairs, Victoria University, Wellington, 3 August, 2020) Good evening and thank you for the opportunity to come along tonight.

• Posted July 31, 2020
• Media Releases

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
• Media Releases

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
• Media Releases

New Zealand is speaking out against cyber actors taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to carry out malicious cyber activity.

• Posted March 03, 2020
• Director-General Speeches

Presentation by GCSB Director General Andrew Hampton to Otago University Pols213, 3 March 2020

• Posted February 21, 2020
• Media Releases

New Zealand has added its voice to international condemnation of a malicious cyber-attack against Georgia.