Stories that mention Phil Pennington, RNZ
New Zealand cloud provider challenges Google's claims on data control for region
Fri, 12th Aug 2022
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bi
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cloud
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big data
A Wellington cloud services provider says Google's claim it will offer New Zealanders complete control over their own data is not true.
Māori data specialists not consulted on facial recognition technology - data sovereignty expert
Thu, 28th Jul 2022
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big data
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bi
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surveillance
Māori data specialists are accusing the government of ignoring them while going ahead and expanding the reach of facial recognition technology.
DIA accused of being soft on vendor who delivered faulty software
Mon, 30th Aug 2021
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dia
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money laundering
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risk management
Intelligence systems meant to back up investigations into identity fraud, money laundering and other threats became so degraded at the Department of Internal Affairs that most staff avoided using them.
Police IT disaster recovery a 'very high risk area', audit reveals
Mon, 2nd Aug 2021
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malware
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dr
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ransomware
Police computer systems have been ill-prepared to cope with a disaster like a major hack.
DHBs not included in SIS cyber security programme
Mon, 19th Jul 2021
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
The SIS is not seeking to have district health boards included in a programme where it sets out what agencies must do to cope with information security threats.
Police drop technology designed to predict motorists
Fri, 16th Jul 2021
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ai
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creative technologies
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photography
The first report from police on safe use of computer algorithms behind their high-tech crimefighting tools reveals they were developing one to predict motorists' likelihood of getting into serious trouble on the road in the next three years.
Police using algorithms 'a huge problem' for biases, researcher says
Fri, 16th Jul 2021
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ai
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creative technologies
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risk
A researcher is worried the proliferation of crime-fighting computer algorithms will only make ingrained police bias against Māori worse.
DHBs refuse to release information on cyber security systems
Mon, 5th Jul 2021
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data protection
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ransomware
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malware
The country's district health boards are refusing to release reviews done of their cyber security systems, seven weeks after the Waikato DHB was struck by ransomware attackers.
2020 stocktake found health IT systems vulnerable to 'significant' cyber attacks
Wed, 26th May 2021
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cybersecurity
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it in healthcare
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cyber attacks
The government and district health boards were warned last year the country's health IT systems are vulnerable to "significant" cyber threats.
Police drone data risks ending up on servers Chinese government can access - reports
Thu, 13th May 2021
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drones
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surveillance
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servers
Police drones are at risk of the data they gather ending up in cloud servers the Chinese government can access, but this can be managed, and the benefits outweigh the risks.