Expanded citizen’s arrest powers are set to come into effect in New Zealand, but the New Zealand Security Association is warning that greater legal powers must be accompanied by appropriate training, procedures and careful assessment […]
Delivered during March’s National Cyber Security Summit, insights from Atmos’ Anthony Cooke maintain their relevance. He’ll be speaking again at next week’s Cyber Security Risk Conference. At Brightstar’s National Cyber Security Summit in Q1 2026, […]
Three recent New Zealand cyber incidents are reminders of the need to keep up in an fast evolving threat landscape. In times past we heard about cyberattacks in the media as far-away, one-off incidents. Now, […]
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 […]
Matrix security patrol officer Raymond Townsend prevents fire outbreak at customer site in Auckland, earning praise from police responders. At Just after 11:30pm, during a routine patrol at one of its commercial client’s sites in […]
If New Zealand wants to meaningfully address image-based sexual abuse in the age of generative AI, we have to go further than criminalising it, writes Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Canterbury. […]
A quarter (24%) of New Zealand businesses say staff using AI improperly is one of their biggest cyber security challenges, according to new research from Kordia. In 2025, digital transformation and AI continued to reshape […]
A recent article by the International Security Ligue highlights a global challenge for the private security sector: what it calls the “job prestige disconnect”, writes Nicholas Dynon. Security work is “chronically undervalued,” despite its growing […]
Bunnings Warehouse is introducing FRT to combat what it claims is a rising number of thefts and threatening incidents in its stores, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon. Hardware behemoth Bunnings Warehouse is introducing live facial […]
A new report charts the rise of a global ecosystem of violent extremism, hate, and child sexual exploitation and harm, and its being driven by loneliness, writes Nicholas Dynon. Loneliness has long been treated as […]
Employers are facing increasing and shifting substance use risks across New Zealand’s regions, according to a recent quarterly report from The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA). TDDA recommends that companies review and update substance use policies […]
Digitising Government New Zealand and the National Cyber Security Summit 2026, both being staged in Wellington next week, will continue the critical national conversation shaped recently by the release of the NZ Cybersecurity Strategy. The […]
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 […]
Last December, International Security Ligue published a supplement to its Global Security Barometer focused on security officer health and safety. It found that the industry needs to recommit to protecting its people. Over several years, […]
Earlier this month, International Security Ligue published a supplement to its Global Security Barometer focused on security officer health and safety. It found that the industry needs to recommit to protecting its people, writes Nicholas […]
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