New Zealand gov’t pledges $5m to implement better cybersecurity.

New Zealand’s government has pledged a further NZ$8
million ($5.3m) to implement a revised cybersecurity strategy released
yesterday. The Cyber
Security Strategy 2019 (PDF) will “enable New Zealand to thrive
online” by working with public and private sector companies to implement
a cybersecurity culture and response to threats. It follows two
previous strategies, launched in 2011 and 2015, which
were both criticized for not going far enough. The government responded
to this by also increasing support for CERT NZ, allocating NZ$9.3
million ($6.2m) in funding for the national response center.

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