The New Zealand CERT Critical Controls provide ten prioritized strategies to reduce cyber risk, including patching systems, enforcing MFA, using password managers, configuring logging, managing asset lifecycles, testing backups, applying application control, enforcing least privilege, implementing network segmentation, and securing macros. These controls strengthen defenses against common attack vectors like unpatched vulnerabilities, weak authentication, and lateral movement. Rapid7 supports compliance through InsightVM for vulnerability and asset management, InsightIDR for SIEM, UEBA, and log analysis, InsightConnect for automation, and IntSights for external threat intelligence, helping organizations proactively improve security posture.

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