Brent Carey

In today’s digital age, scams have evolved to target consumers and businesses with fraudulent websites or social media pages that look like the official site of a legitimate brand or person.  The goal is to...

Cyclone Gabrielle brought severe weather conditions to many regions of Aotearoa New Zealand and unfortunately it also brought with it many charity scams.  Charity scams are fraudulent schemes that exploit people's generosity and kindness. These...

For the 20th consecutive year, the world is coming together for Safer Internet Day. The annual event is marked globally to promote the safe and responsible use of the internet and digital technologies. Netsafe is...

2022 - a year in review 2022 the year Netsafe increased responsibility in the online safety space for Aotearoa - Brent Carey, CEO The internet became more popular this year than ever before. New Zealanders are...

It’s International Fraud Awareness Week, and Netsafe has partnered with the Domain Name Commission to encourage New Zealanders to Shop Safe bring New Zealanders safer online shopping tips to combat fraud. It’s a great time...

Launching New Zealand’s first Porn Week Porn is something most people prefer not to talk about. It’s looked down on in our communities and something believed to best be kept to yourself. Through the years, that secrecy hasn’t changed but with new technology, pornography has found its way...

One of my priorities when starting as Netsafe's CEO was to reconnect the organisation to our global online safety communities.  It was therefore timely that I was invited by Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti to...

Romance, investment, property, and phishing are just some ways kiwis are getting scammed out of their hard-earned money. Everyone thinks, ‘it won’t happen to me’ until it does. Last quarter, Netsafe reported over 13 million...

Earlier this year, I made one of those ‘change job’ decisions and gave up my role as the Domain Name Commissioner to come onboard as Netsafe’s CEO.  Becoming Netsafe’s CEO means getting to know more people and being out...