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Month: January 2024

crowded places
Counter-Terrorism

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 […]

Risk
Public Security

ISO 31000:2018 must be reformed! Risk and resilience experts make the case

January 26, 2024

According to a recently published white paper, the current version of ISO 31000 is based on 1980s models no longer fit for purpose – and it needs a whopping big overhaul to pull it into […]

Military sales
Defence

Rise in military sales revenue delayed by production challenges and backlogs

January 25, 2024

According to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), revenues have dropped for the world’s 100 largest defence industry companies despite a sharp rise in demand. Revenues from sales of arms and […]

Judith Collins
Defence

Judith Collins Takes Charge: It’s time for change

January 25, 2024

Ross Browne, Director of public affairs firm Museum Street Strategies, writes that the new Defence Minister has an opportunity to initiate system and cultural reform to capitalise on New Zealand’s wider innovation system. Prime Minister […]

Bluebottle
Defence

Royal New Zealand Navy to trial uncrewed, renewable-powered vessel

January 24, 2024

The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) will soon take delivery of a 6.8-metre renewable-powered Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to trial on a short-term lease. According to the New Zealand Defence Force, the Bluebottle is designed […]

George Moawad
Electronic Security

Safeguarding privacy in the digital age with comprehensive physical security

January 18, 2024

With about 400,000 privately owned and 10,000 publicly owned security cameras in operation across New Zealand, there is justifiable concern about how footage is collected, stored, shared and destroyed, writes Genetec’s Country Manager ANZ George […]

Cyber espionage
Cyber Security

Fortinet white paper: Cyber espionage difficult to attribute, difficult to detect

January 18, 2024

According to a Fortinet cybersecurity white paper, it’s almost certain that nation state malware is present and undetected in many government agencies and critical infrastructure entities. On 8 December 2023, the New Zealand Government joined […]

Babcock Arrowhead 140
Defence

Arrowhead 140 to meet Royal New Zealand Navy’s future needs

January 18, 2024

Babcock’s capable, adaptable and cost-effective Arrowhead 140 is the company’s answer for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s future needs. Babcock’s Arrowhead platform offers an unrivalled blend of price, capability and flexibility to suit the future […]

SW Pacific
Defence

New technologies and new tactics for peace-support operations in the South West Pacific

January 18, 2024

New technology, especially cheap precision-strike weapons, will influence stabilisation operations and challenge current assumptions over the ability of Australian ‘fires’ and logistics overmatch to protect deployments in the South West Pacific, writes Ben Morgan.* Historically, […]

Fraudster
Persec

The SFO Guide to Fraudster Personas: How to think like a fraudster

January 18, 2024

A document published earlier this year by the Serious Fraud Office’s Counter Fraud Centre identifies seven fraudster personas, their methods, and the countermeasures that organisations can implement to protect themselves. Through its work in investigations […]

Simpro
Features

From Chaos to Clarity: Simpro’s ground breaking innovations at first of its kind Simprosium

January 18, 2024

Simpro, a business management software for trade service businesses, held its first user conference, Simprosium, in Australia and New Zealand under the theme “Turn Chaos into Clarity.” The event attracted over 700 attendees, including customers, […]

Triton Sensors
Electronic Security

Wesco Anixter introduces Triton Sensors for vape detection

January 8, 2024

Wesco Anixter (Formerly Atlas Gentech) now exclusively distributes Triton Sensors in the New Zealand and Australian markets.   Triton’s devices are used in all 52 US states and in more than 15 countries worldwide. The company […]

IFSEC Insider
Electronic Security

Video Surveillance Report 2023 notes hybridity, sustainability, and the edge

January 8, 2024

The IFSEC Insider Video Surveillance Trend Report 2023, IFSEC’s annual look at the video surveillance market, has just been released, citing big moves to the edge and the persistence of NVR-based storage. The 2023 version […]

Retail crime
Electronic Security

Surge in retail crime fuels the case for facial recognition CCTV

January 8, 2024

It’s a year since Foodstuffs announced it would trial facial recognition in 30 stores. Since then, writes Nicholas Dynon, increasing retail crime – and recidivism in particular – is advancing the facial recognition business case. […]

AUKUS
Defence

MAPP: A place in history is in New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins’ future

January 8, 2024

Judith Collins stands to be among our most important Defence Ministers ever with an opportunity to build up our naval defence capability and to realign our defence relationships, writes Wayne Mapp. The new Minister of […]

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