connectsmart.govt.nz Connect Smart Protect Yourself Online New Zealand : Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet

Name of the Organization : Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
Type of Facility : Connect Smart – Protect Yourself Online
Country : New Zealand

Website : http://www.connectsmart.govt.nz/

Connect Smart – Protect Yourself Online :

Connect Smart is a partnership that promotes ways for individuals, businesses and schools to protect themselves online. All New Zealanders will benefit if we can unlock the potential of the internet by using it in a safe and secure way. Learn to Connect Smart.

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There are more and more reports about New Zealanders being affected by online theft and fraud, scams, malware, hacking and other mobile, computer and internet attacks. The techniques used to do this are increasingly sophisticated.

Despite this, many people remain relaxed about their cyber security. Unless they, their business, or family have been a victim, New Zealanders may not have taken the most basic steps to protect themselves online.

This website contains advice for home-users, businesses and schools, and provides details about Connect Smart Week 2014, which runs from 16 – 22 June. As part of an on-going effort, we will continue to add new information and features to help New Zealanders protect themselves and their businesses online.

Connect Smart is led by the government’s National Cyber Policy Office (NCPO), part of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, in partnership with a range of government agencies, non-government organisations, and the private sector.

Connect Smart – protect yourself online:
** Don’t wait until it’s too late – be proactive; improve your digital security now before you become a victim.
** Improving your digital security is easy – it’s not complicated or expensive to take basic steps to protect yourself and your personal information.
** Protect yourself across all your devices – it’s as important to be secure on your smartphone and tablet as it is on your PC or laptop.
** Protecting yourself also protects friends, family and work – having your personal information compromised is more than an inconvenience and can have major consequences for you and everybody you know.

Protecting your school:
Reviewing or establishing your school’s cyber safety practices is easy. It’s not complicated or expensive. Taking proactive steps now will ensure that you can improve your school’s cyber security.

Schools receive government funding for internet security services and cyber safety programmes. Those schools connected to the Network for Learning (N4L) managed network are offered content filtering and firewall services as a core part of their N4L package.

The Connect Smart for Business: SME Toolkit is also relevant for schools and provides more detailed information on cyber security.

A step by step guide to cyber safety for schools from Netsafe:
Step 1. Identify your starting point
Step 2. Build a secure foundation
Step 3. Build capability
Step 4. Actively involve the whole school community
Step 5. Focus on classroom programmes
Step 6. Share & foster discussion
Step 7. Think strategically & long-term

Check out the The Kit – Netsafe’s guide for schools to learn more about these steps.