Welcome to the April – May 2020 edition of New Zealand Security Magazine!
With ANZIIF’s 4th Insuretech Conference set to take place in February in Sydney, NZSM sits down with Cara Carpenter, National Case Manager at ISACORP Corporate & Insurance Risk Solutions, to gain insights into the double-edged implications of emerging technologies for insurance fraud. While tech is driving an increasingly automated customer experience in insurance, will automation lead to greater fraud?
David Withers APP, Security Consultant and ASIS Shadow Committee member, looks at recent data breaches across government and banking, the challenges posed by security complacency and threats to two-factor authentication. In another article, we gain insight into the search for SMS multifactor authentication alternatives triggered by an FBI report.
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ASIS International’s New Zealand Chapter held its AGM last December, with incumbent Chair Andrew Thorburn making way for new Chair Ngaire Kelaher CPP PSP. Inside, I speak with Ngaire about her plans for the professional body for the next 12 months, the benefits of ASIS membership, and the value of ASIS Board Certifications.
Emerging technologies and applications – such as multi-dimensional perception, UHD, low light imaging, artificial intelligence, and cloud technology – are opening new possibilities in the video surveillance space, and in its analysis of what to expect in 2020 and beyond Hikvision lists its top seven trends.
With the government’s gun buyback scheme’s amnesty period now passed, Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies makes a sober assessment of the efficacy of the gun buy-back scheme, arguing that a starting point should have included identifying gun owners posing a risk to society.
With the uneasy relationship between security and privacy becoming increasingly, well, more uneasy, ADT in the US recently published findings of its survey of 1,230 consumers, which reveals significant concerns over smart home privacy. According to ADT, 92 percent of respondents feel smart home security companies need to take measures to protect customers’ personal data and information. We take a detailed look at the results.
We also catch up on all the latest from the NZSA. In his latest update, CEO Gary Morrison talks NZSA member benefits, support for LSV Programme, Security Services Good Guidance document, Virtual Reality for CoA training, Review of Vocational Education, and more.
And there’s plenty more in this first issue of NZSM for 2020! Get in touch to find out about how your business can benefit by being part of New Zealand’s premier security and risk management industry publication. And, if you’ve got something to write about, we’d like to hear from you!
Nicholas Dynon, Auckland.
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