by Andrew Hunt | Mar 29, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
At Kinetics, we’ve always emphasized the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a critical layer in cybersecurity. Without MFA, it’s only a matter of time before you fall victim to a cyber attack. However, as we’ve also mentioned, no...
by Andrew Hunt | Mar 28, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
It does not seem that long ago I would hear Mac users say “I don’t need Anti-Virus”, or “Mac’s are not affected”. To a certain extent they were right. Apple’s use of tightly controlled application approvals reduced the surface area for attack. Mac...
by Andrew Hunt | Mar 28, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Your cloud computing can be safe and secure, or open and vulnerable – the choice is yours. With the rise of hacker activity and cybercrime, it’s essential to lock down your cloud and protect it from threats. For most businesses, the standard 365 settings...
by Andrew Hunt | Mar 12, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
Mastering Cybersecurity What would you do? Table-top exercise Join us for an interactive table-top simulation exercise. Imagine – you are busy going about your day when suddenly your meeting is interrupted. “No one can access their files” or...
by Andrew Hunt | Feb 26, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
One of our engineers was working on migrating a customer from a legacy email server into Office 365 after we discovered they were under a brute force external attack. The migration required that we receive the users passwords. These would, of course, be reset after...
by Andrew Hunt | Feb 9, 2024 | IT News & Insights New Zealand | Cybersecurity, AI & Microsoft Updates, Security
We’re experiencing an extra heavy call volume today and it’s proving challenging to respond as quickly as normal. It’s been brought on by an apparent Microsoft change resulting in unexpected Windows 11 upgrades. These are happening to a number of...
