InternetNZ welcomes Cyber Security Strategy

Media Release: InternetNZ welcomes Cyber Security Strategy http://tinyurl.com/3pa8lvc

7 June 2011

InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has welcomed the Government’s New Zealand Cyber Security Strategy as a step in the right direction.

“It is good to see the Government take a more public leadership role across the broader spectrum of online groups, including individuals and businesses”, says InternetNZ Chief Executive Vikram Kumar.

“We are pleased to see Government taking on a partnership mindset rather than focusing inwards on government information and systems only. The Government has a critical role to catalyse, facilitate, and coordinate a response from all online groups if our cyber security posture is to materially improve.

“The Cyber Security Strategy envisages a number of initiatives at different stages of the security lifecycle. That’s a good thing. Increasing awareness and coordinating resources is necessary but the Strategy goes beyond that to address root issues such as infected computers in partnership with Internet Service Providers over the longer-term.

“We welcome the establishment of a National Cyber Security Centre. This means more resources and more focus than what was possible currently with the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP).

“If there is one thing we wish for, it’s to speed up the discussions around setting up a New Zealand CERT. From as far back as 2005, InternetNZ has been advocating the need for early warning, incident response, and international cooperation. We hope that the Government will progress identifying options for setting up a NZCERT or the functions needed even if the work itself is distributed across a number of appropriate bodies.”

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