Welcome to the June-July 2020 issue of New Zealand Security Magazine!
Following April-May’s Alert Level 4 online only edition of NZSM, we’re delighted to now be returning to the printers! Remember that you can read NZSM either in print or online. Key articles are also posted to the Defsec website – www.defsec.net.nz – and circulated individually on LinkedIn and our other social media channels.
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Covid-19 continues to dominate news bulletins, and it was a major focus of our last issue. The pandemic continues to cast its shadow on this issue but thankfully it has had to share space with the big new topic of the day – awards!
During the week prior to this magazine going to print the NZSA opened nominations for the 2020 New Zealand Security Industry Awards. With awards in 20 categories up for grabs, I take a look at what’s changed since last year and what you need to do in order to submit a compliant nomination.
In another awards article, we explore the various security awards programmes open to security professionals and providers on both sides of the Tasman from the NZSA and ASIAL hosted awards to the OSPAs, the Australian Security Medals, ISANZ awards, IFSEC Global Influencers, and International Security Officers Day.
And if that’s not enough, we take a look at the first three weeks of Covid-19 Guardian Awards recipients. The NZSA’s lockdown-era awards initiative is aimed at drawing attention to the excellent essential work being conducted by security officers to keep New Zealanders safe and secure and physically distant.
In cyber security, Joanna Mathers notes that while organisations have adapted quickly to lockdown and physical distancing measures with remote working technologies, cyber resilience appears to be getting forgotten in the rush. In his article on AI, Mark Tarallo looks at how autonomous systems can inadvertently escalate global conflicts.
We also catch up on all the latest from our excellent sponsors, get the low-down on contract tracing and heat detection options, and much, much more.
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Nicholas Dynon, Auckland.
