Kia ora and welcome to the December 2025 – January 2026 issue of New Zealand Security Magazine! 2025 has come and (almost) gone in a flash, and we’re proud to be presenting to you the last edition of NZSM for the year!
Firstly, and – rightly – as always, a very big thanks to our wonderful advertisers. Our advertisers are businesses that are committed to our industry. Through their sponsorship of this magazine they play an important role in contributing to a vibrant and informed security sector.
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In this issue of NZSM, we do a little scan of what some of the major technology providers are saying about security tech and threat predictions for 2026. We check in with Avigilon, Genetec, and Trend Micro, and we also gain some great insights from Riskonnect and Bitdefender.
On the associations front, we feature NZSA CEO Gary Morrison’s most recent newsletter and we highlight a recent NZSA update about a new training module designed to support security providers in helping their new staff to start their career in security
And there’s several security professionals highlighted in this edition for their outstanding acts, appointments, bravery, and performance. These include NZSA Saved a Life awardees Gregory Surrey, Vaneasa Conner, Dylan Francis, Ravijeet Singh, Oselise Muliava, and Roshan Mohammed from Armourguard Security, new appointees to FIRST Security Natasha Fraser and Chris Bartlett, and Red Badge rising star Ellie Webb and bravery certificate awardee Johnny Mapusua.
At the intersection of physical and cybersecurity, we explore recent developments in the world of ‘converged security’, and, in particular, note the emergence of the Converged Security Institute, an organisation that is putting decades of converged security talk and theory into practice with a range of standards and certifications.
Also in this edition of NZSM, Netsafe says New Zealand is facing a new era of digital harm as AI-generated abuse, scams and harassment hit record levels, exposing serious gaps in the decade-old Harmful Digital Communications Act.
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Lastly, from the team here at NZSM, all the very best for the festive season! If you’re working over this time, thank you, and if you’re taking a well-deserved break, keep safe.
Nicholas Dynon, Auckland
