Duo, a division of Sektor

12/07/2021

We are super proud of Jo Haanstra of Duo, a division of Sektor
for receiving the 'Shining Star' award, and Pritika Kaur as Finalist 'Rising Star' at the Reseller News awards 2021 🙌🙌🙌

https://www.reseller.co.nz/article/689654/reseller-news-women-ict-awards-2021-winners/?pp=2

"Jo Haanstra wins this award for rising through the ranks to assume leadership, co-founder and shareholder roles within the wider Duo business, recognised as a standout performer consistently delivering double-digit growth. Highly regarded as an influential figure within cyber security, Jo continues to champion community groups 1st Tuesday, in addition to co-founding Project Wednesday as a meet up for people new to the industry."

28/05/2021

Earn a US$200 reward for every SecurID Premium/MFA Approved Deal Registration!

Today’s hybrid workforce works in more places and more ways than ever, and SecurID, an RSA Security Business makes sure your customers have a variety of convenient ways to authenticate: from mobile-based push-to-approve and one-time passcodes, to passwordless options like biometrics and FIDO-based authentication.

For every SecurID Premium/ MFA approved deal registration, you will be rewarded with US$200 (deal size to be or more than US$1,000.00)

This programme expires on 30th July 2021. Get in touch with the team at Duo, a Division of Sektor to learn more!

06/03/2021

Some exciting news from Duo, a division of Sektor

Congratulations Jo!

https://tinyurl.com/4p8wy2x6

​Kendra Ross, co-founder and the current general manager for Duo, is moving on to the security distributor's board and reducing her operational involvement in the business.

02/09/2020

DDoS 101: NZ is under attack – Informative Session
1pm, Friday 4 September

30mins presentation, followed by 15min Q&A
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ddos-101/register

With the recent spike in DDoS attacks targeting NZ organisations, it’s important to understand what this threat is and what you can do to mitigate it.

Join Tony Scheid, Senior Consulting Engineer - Netscout | Arbor, as he sheds some light on what’s happening here and what you can do to ensure your company is prepared. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask any questions of the industry experts.

Netscout | Arbor has been a market leader in the DDoS mitigation space for over 20 years and today is utilised by 90% of the worlds tier-1 ISPs in 107 countries. The Arbor DDoS technology is best of breed and is available in NZ through Duo, a division of Sektor.

01/09/2020

Many of you would have heard about the DDoS attack on the NZX over the last few days.

As GCSB and CERTNZ have stated, this is an escalating problem in NZ, especially as barrier to entry has got easier for the cyber criminals due to unsecured work-from-home and IoT devices.

Through our Duo division, we present the best in class DDoS Vendor for with our brand NETSCOUT Arbor.

If any of your customers are having concerns, please get in touch with us and see how Duo and NetScout Arbor may be able to help!

A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is an attempt to exhaust the resources available to a network, application or service so that genuine users cannot gain access.

21/08/2020

We would like to say a big THANK YOU to all of our partners for your support throughout these challenging times. Helping our partners build innovative solutions with the best of what the industry has to offer, together with great service partners can lean on, is what the Sektor New Zealand team strives for every day.

If you agree and would like to do a small part in recognising our efforts, please consider voting for Sektor New Zealand as your Channel Choice Distributor for the Reseller News NZ Awards 2020 https://form.jotform.com/202250578258861

Thank you for your help and support!

15/07/2020

An article from our GM for Cyber Security on the need to plan now for Industries of the Future, let’s create a Digital Aotearoa 🖤

Nothing comes easy, it’s ALL hard work! Our team of 5 million united together and spent 79 days working hard to eliminate COVID -19. Some sacrificed more than others, some lost businesses or jobs.

03/04/2020

URGENT

Over the last 48 hours the Check Point Incident Response Team (CPIRT) has seen a marked increase in DDoS attacks against multiple targets globally. This increase has yet to be directly attributed with a specific threat actor, but confidence is high that some activity is related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Targets have included:

1. Central Governments
2. Banking
3. Medical
4. Energy
5. Retail

We have seen DDoS attacks utilized multiple different methods including

1. SYN Attacks
2. Reflection Attacks
3. Volumetric Attacks
4. DNS – Cache busting Attacks and DNS Volumetric Attacks


It is vital that customer prepare for DDoS attacks before they occur, during an attack it’s too late. Ensuring you have a plan is vital, having a solid IR plan around DDoS and tested before an attack will ensure continued operations.

Key items to consider

1. Gateway Tuning before an attack - https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk112241
2. Dedicated DDoS Protector Appliance- https://www.checkpoint.com/products/ddos-protector/
3. Cloud Based Scrubbing


As always if you need the assistance the CPIRT is available 24x7x365 - https://www.checkpoint.com/support-services/threatcloud-incident-response/

Incident Response Services At any moment, day or night, your organization can be victimized by devastating cybercrime. You can’t predict when cyberattacks

12/08/2019

It appears one of DUO's staff has had their 0365 account compromised and it is currently spamming our clients. Please do not click on any links coming from us. Thanks!