Organisations must take notable steps to close the security readiness gap as the threat landscape evolves and expands.

Right before our eyes, we've witnessed the development of the COVID-19 vaccine in record time. An enormous achievement in an otherwise lengthy task that previously took, on average, 10-15 years.

As New Zealand adapts to living with COVID-19, they are also having to deal with an increasing number of life-altering technologies, all of which have a substantial risk of creating cybersecurity issues for the public.

“It is important for businesses to check out the approach being taken and start considering how best to make this a part of how they operate.”

“Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen cybercriminals leverage COVID-19-related trends as lures in their phishing campaigns."

An IT security expert said the web app was using software that was known to have security flaws and people's information could be at risk.

"The broader market surge is fuelled by the rapidly spreading Delta variant and the stemming urgency for everyone to become vaccinated."

Microsoft has been working actively with the Victorian Government since January to provide an end-to-end vaccine management solution for Victoria.

McAfee has released its latest Mobile Threat Report that finds a surge in new attacks targeting people’s anxiety around COVID-19.

Forrester has released a new report predicting that 70% of US and European companies will shift to a hybrid work model post-pandemic.

Immunity credentials could mean that both international and domestic carriers could start flying with greater confidence — and the world could get moving again.

There has been a 350% increase in the number of advertisements selling alleged COVID-19 vaccines within the last three months.

For vaccines to work, governments on both sides of the Tasman will need to work closely with healthcare providers to deliver communications to build and maintain citizen trust in the integrity of the process.