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Airbox Systems and Fernbridge partner for New Zealand Emergency Management

Airbox Systems and New Zealand-based Fernbridge announce new partnership to deliver Airbox’s emergency management platform in Aotearoa. Airbox Systems and New Zealand-based Fernbridge have announced a strategic partnership to deliver Airbox’s emergency management and response [...]
Electronic Security

In your face: our acceptance of facial recognition technology depends on who is doing it – and where

According to several international studies, facial recognition technology is accepted by publics in certain scenarios and not in others, writes Nicholas Dynon. Facial recognition technology is becoming more widely used, but this has not been [...]
Cyber Security

New Zealand Network for Women in Security celebrates five years

The New Zealand Network for Women in Security (NZNWS), a non-profit organisation promoting the advancement of women and minorities in New Zealand’s cybersecurity industry, has celebrated its fifth anniversary. “We established the network in 2019 [...]
Access / Perimeters

Gallagher Security inks premium partnership with Clear Digital for SMB app in New Zealand

Gallagher announces partnership with distributor Clear Digital to offer SMB solution in New Zealand market. Gallagher Security has announced a partnership with Clear Digital as a Premium Partner of its SMB (Security Made Better) solution [...]
Air

Kevin Short appointed by Lockheed Martin as New Zealand country lead

Kevin Short to succeed Graham Lintott as Managing Director of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin’s New Zealand operation. Lockheed Martin has appointed retired Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, Air Marshal (Ret.) [...]
Guarding & Patrols

Commerce Commission clears the way for Armourguard purchase of ACM

The Commerce Commission has given clearance to Evergreen NZ Holdings (Armourguard) to acquire 100% of the shares in ACM New Zealand Limited from ACM Holdings (NZ) Limited. Commerce Commission Chair Dr John Small said the [...]
National Security

NZSIS Security Threat Environment Report: More Work Required

Short on evidence, methodology, and analysis, the NZSIS’s latest threat report is not its best effort, writes Damien Rogers, Associate Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at Massey University. It’s good to see the [...]
Access / Perimeters

Green Buildings: 4 ways an Access Control System can boost your sustainability scorecard

Whether switching from PVC to bamboo cards or transitioning to a mobile access system, organisations should leverage every opportunity to meet their sustainability goals, writes Cristian Cotiga, Vice President of Product Management, Physical Access Control, [...]
Counter-Terrorism

Australia raises national terrorism threat level. What does that mean?

Increase in terrorism threat level reflects increased likelihood of an attack in Australia in the next twelve months. What does this mean for New Zealanders? Australia raises threat level The warning tool that provides Australia’s [...]
Beyond Pacific

SIPRI Yearbook: Nuclear weapons proliferate as geopolitics deteriorate

The recently released Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Yearbook 2024 reports nuclear weapons in development have increased as states deepen their reliance on nuclear deterrence. The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, [...]

What can we learn from the Westfield Bondi Junction Mall incident?

May 30, 2024

The Sydney tragedy leaves us with the question of how to react to extremely low probability events with potential catastrophic consequences, writes Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies. On […]

FBI report designates 50 shootings in 2022 as active shooter incidents

May 1, 2024

A report from the FBI on active shooter incidents in the United States shows handguns and rifles as firearms of choice, and open spaces as the most commonly used location type, writes chief editor Nicholas […]

Five years on from Christchurch mosque attacks political leadership needed

May 1, 2024

Government has remained reluctant to promote a public facing strategy that informs the public on how to protect venues from attack and stay safe during an attack, writes Chris Kumeroa, Chair of the Crowded Places […]

Spectator security survey: Preference for visible security measures, ignorance of active shooter policies

April 4, 2024

The latest survey of US spectator’s perceptions of venue safety and security highlights a preference for visible security measures and an ignorance of active shooter response policies. According to the authors of the Spectator Sports […]

Protecting Crowded Places: What to look for in a security provider

January 26, 2024

The Australian Government has released guidance to owners and operators of crowded places on selecting security providers, writes Chief Editor Nicholas Dynon, filling a key gap in the crowded places guidance suite. Focussed on the […]

US Secret Service publishes behavioural threat assessment report covering five years of attacks

February 15, 2023

New report on attacks on public and semi-public places is tragically timely as the US rings in a new year marred by mass shooting after mass shooting, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon. The 70-page report […]

Airbox Systems and Fernbridge partner for New Zealand Emergency Management

In your face: our acceptance of facial recognition technology depends on who is doing it – and where

New Zealand Network for Women in Security celebrates five years

Gallagher Security inks premium partnership with Clear Digital for SMB app in New Zealand

Kevin Short appointed by Lockheed Martin as New Zealand country lead

Commerce Commission clears the way for Armourguard purchase of ACM

NZSIS Security Threat Environment Report: More Work Required

Green Buildings: 4 ways an Access Control System can boost your sustainability scorecard

Australia raises national terrorism threat level. What does that mean?

SIPRI Yearbook: Nuclear weapons proliferate as geopolitics deteriorate

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