Netsafe CEO

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...

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...

This month, Netsafe is celebrating twenty-five years of protecting Kiwis from online harm. When we started in 1998, smartphones weren't a thing, the internet was still a toddler, and social media didn't exist.  Fast forward...

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...

Are we being prejudiced with social media and big tech? TikTok faces a real threat of being banned in many Western countries including the US and Australia. Suddenly big tech companies that are Chinese owned...

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...

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...