CERT NZ joins the NCSC

In July 2024, New Zealand’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT NZ) was integrated into the NCSC organisational structure. This formed the New Zealand Government’s lead operational cyber-security agency.

The NCSC now, with the integration of CERT functions, provides cyber-security services to all New Zealanders — from individuals to small businesses and organisations, large enterprises, government, and nationally significant organisations.

Strategy and objectives

The NCSC works to help with the protection, wellbeing and prosperity of Aotearoa New Zealand. They do this by providing trusted cyber-security services.

The NCSC’s strategic objectives are to:

• defend national security
• raise cyber resilience
• facilitate digital transformation.

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Services the NCSC delivers

The NCSC:

• provides cyber-security information and educational resources
• receives reports of, and responds to, cyber-security incidents
• puts together information about the threat landscape to share with partners
• disrupts cyber-security attacks
• hosts the Government Chief Information Security Officer function and provides system stewardship of public-service information security
• delivers cyber-security uplift to Pacific Islands nations
• supports government agencies and nationally significant organisations with tailored services and advice.

The NCSC makes use of its domestic and international networks to facilitate information exchanges within sectors, share information with trusted partners, and support our cyber-security work in New Zealand.

Part of

Government Communications Security Bureau