Kia ora and welcome to the June-July 2024 issue of New Zealand Security Magazine! In this issue we greet the winter months with some great reading, including s spotlight on the Bondi Junction mall attack in Sydney, supply chain security, global terrorism, and the latest in New Zealand security sector news.
Firstly, a big thanks also to our wonderful advertisers (both print and online) who continue to partner with us during what are uncertain economic times. Quality journalism and expert commentary comes at a cost, and our advertisers play an important role by contributing to a vibrant and informed security sector through their sponsorship of the magazine.
Our gratitude for this third issue of NZSM for 2024 extends to our supporters and leading manufacturers and distributors TSS (Trade Security Supplies), Loktronic, HID, simPRO, Provision-ISR (SWL), and Vivotek (Clear Digital). We’d also like to recognise our association and academic content partners for this issue, the NZSA, Risk NZ, and Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies.
In this issue we greet the winter months with some great reading, including s spotlight on the Bondi Junction mall attack in Sydney, supply chain security, global terrorism, and the latest in New Zealand security sector news.
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Inside this issue, we welcome TSS – New Zealand’s newest security distributors. As the new distributors for Paradox, TSS have set up shop with a number of security industry heavyweights in their team, including Basil Sykes, Steve Mace, Richard Cutforth, and General Manager Andrew Moss. Welcome TSS!
We also explore the world of mobile access credentials on university campuses with HID. Although mobile phone use is now banned in New Zealand high schools, it’s a different case altogether on tertiary campuses where mobile access is increasingly viewed as the next step in campus digital transformation.
In this issue, we’re also joined by Dr John Battersby, who writes that the Bondi Junction tragedy leaves us with the question of how to react to extremely low probability events with potential catastrophic consequences. Plenty of takeaways for New Zealand in this article.
The Women in Security Awards Aotearoa winners have just been announced, and we’re pleased to see two members of the private security sector among the recipients. Congratulations to FIRST Security’s Gina Lindsay-Crawford for taking out the “securing organisations and infrastructure” category and Serpenti Investigations’ Kallia McFarland for achieving Runner-Up in the “combatting fraud and misrepresentation” category! Outstanding results!!
There’s all this and much more to explore in this issue of NZSM. Also, if you haven’t already, consider subscribing to our to-your-inbox eNewsletter THE BRIEF. It’s a great way to keep up-to-date with the latest. Details on the Defsec website.
Nicholas Dynon, Auckland
