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Features

Award nominations
Electronic Security

Make it Count: Nominating for the 2026 New Zealand Security Awards

June 2, 2026

If you’re thinking you have a colleague who might be worthy of a New Zealand Security Award, nominate them, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon, but make sure your nomination is a compliant and competitive one. […]

John Wick
Features

John Wick and the Art of Physical Security Risk Management

June 2, 2026

So what do John Wick and the New Zealand Government’s Protective Security Requirements (PSR) have in common? ICARAS Security Consultants explores a few lessons from the underworld. The John Wick franchise has enthralled audiences with […]

Security procurement
Features

Race to the Bottom: European report evidences what we already know

June 2, 2026

Latest International Security Ligue report into the procurement of security personnel services in Europe finds misalignment between procurement practices and the operational realities of modern security delivery, writes Nicholas Dynon. Procurement of Security Services – […]

Swedish
Features

Good corporate security is good for the nation: Takeaways from Sweden’s crisis and war preparedness framework

March 5, 2026

A recently published Swedish government document urges businesses to get resilient. It’s no humdrum promotion of corporate best practice, writes Nicholas Dynon, but rather a call to urgent action in the face of Russian aggression. […]

Retail crime
Features

Why NZ’s retail crime statistics rose so sharply… and then declined

February 18, 2026

Did New Zealand’s post-COVID retail crime wave actually happen, asks chief editor Nicholas Dynon, or was it just a statistical error? Over the past few years, retail crime statistics in New Zealand have demonstrated a […]

Paul Goldsmith
Features

Experts: Government’s harsher penalties for shoplifters likely to backfire

September 4, 2025

Stronger penalties for low-level retail theft are being lauded as a positive step in the fight against crime, but this contradicts established evidence that harsher sentencing increases repeat offending, writes Nicholas Dynon. “Public confidence in […]

Nominations
Features

Make it Count: Nominating for the 2025 New Zealand Security Awards

August 1, 2025

If you’re thinking you have a colleague who might be worthy of a New Zealand Security Award, nominate them, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon, but make sure your nomination is a compliant and competitive one. […]

HB167
Features

Long-awaited HB167 Security Risk Management update ‘about to drop’

July 14, 2025

Security consultants and security risk management professionals have waited a long time for an updated edition of the landmark HB 167 handbook. According to one of its authors, the big day is arriving, writes Nicholas […]

GSB2025
Features

Global Security Barometer 2025 identifies big challenges for industry

June 7, 2025

Released in April, the International Security Ligue’s Global Security Barometer 2025 reveals changes necessary for the security industry to meet future challenges in an evolving threat environment. A survey of top executives at the world’s […]

Weak link
Features

Invisible Risk: Outdated tech leaves NZ Government’s physical security exposed

May 31, 2025

The physical security of agencies in New Zealand’s public sector is in a state of dangerous neglect, writes Robbie Jones, Wellington-based Enterprise Solutions Specialist at Wesco Anixter. While digital threats dominate headlines, experts warn that […]

RiskNZ
Features

Risk professional association RiskNZ announces its Awards of Excellence categories for 2025

February 12, 2025

RiskNZ, the leading non-profit association for risk professionals in New Zealand, has announced that nominations for its 2025 Awards of Excellence open Thursday 13 February. This year’s awards will be presented at the annual NZ […]

Global OSPAs
Features

New Zealand finalists in 1st-ever Global Outstanding Security Performance Awards

February 9, 2025

Winners of the 2024 OSPAs across 48 countries – the best of the best – will compete for the prestigious honour of being a Global OSPAs winner. Here’s NZ’s nine finalists. The Global OSPAs will […]

Motorola
Features

Hytera pleads guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets from Motorola

February 9, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice pursuit of Hytera for its alleged stealing of Motorola trade secrets results in admission from the Chinese telecommunications company. According to a 14 January announcement from Motorola Solutions, Hytera Communications […]

CAA
Features

Will privatised aviation security deliver efficiencies at New Zealand’s airports or invite risk?

January 10, 2025

Debate has ramped up in recent months around a proposal by transport minister Simeon Brown to privatise aviation security services at airports around the country, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon. Transport Minister Simeon Brown wants […]

Noggin
Features

Motorola Solutions acquires critical event management software provider Noggin

July 2, 2024

Motorola Solutions has acquired Noggin, a global provider of cloud-based business continuity planning, operational resilience and critical event management (CEM) software headquartered in Sydney. Deployed by customers internationally, the Noggin platform assists organisations to anticipate, […]

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