The Ultimate Guide to Zero Trust Security
A curated Kiwi edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Zero Trust Security.
What to know about Zero Trust Security
Zero Trust Security represents a modern approach to cybersecurity that assumes no inherent trust exists within or outside an organisation's network. Every access request must be verified continuously, ensuring strict identity verification and least-privilege access to protect data and infrastructure.
The latest developments in Zero Trust Security show its expanding role across multiple technologies, including identity and access management, privileged access controls, endpoint protection, and cloud security platforms. Organisations are adopting Zero Trust frameworks to address challenges like remote work vulnerabilities, ransomware threats, and complex hybrid IT environments.
By exploring the stories tagged with Zero Trust Security, readers can understand how this security model integrates innovations like multi-factor authentication, AI-powered threat detection, and secure access service edge (SASE) solutions. These insights are valuable for IT professionals, security leaders, and businesses aiming to enhance resilience against evolving cyber threats in a digital-first world.
Kiwi Zero Trust Security News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Cyber criminals are not breaking in - they're logging in
Breaches across New Zealand are increasingly exploiting human trust, with thieves using logins and one-time codes to steal data and funds.
From cryptographic debt to boardroom accountability: A CEO's blueprint for post-quantum resilience
Quantum theft could expose sensitive records years from now, turning today's encrypted files into a board-level liability for Kiwi firms.
Collapsing grace period: When your adversaries never tire
Attackers are now moving fast enough that patching delays, standing privilege and inherited trust leave organisations exposed within minutes.
Liverton launches SGE Plus on NZ government marketplace
Public sector buyers in New Zealand gain a marketplace option for tighter email controls as phishing and impersonation keep driving cyber risk.
New Zealand faces widening innovation gap, TUANZ warns
Technology leaders say the country risks falling further behind as AI adoption, cyber threats and rising costs outpace progress.
The hidden risk in New Zealand's digital transformation
Wider use of cloud, remote access and suppliers is leaving New Zealand organisations with harder-to-track cyber risk and weaker control.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Zero Trust Security
IDC survey flags networking bottlenecks for agentic AI
Entrust launches AI trust accelerator for autonomous agents
Citrix adds MCP Gateway to NetScaler for AI traffic
Most firms hit by AI security incidents, study finds
Claroty adds five partners to microsegmentation alliance
Featured News
SonicWall boosts endpoint security for SMBs and mid-market
SMBs and mid-market firms facing AI-driven attacks are set for tighter device controls as SonicWall prepares a new endpoint security product.
Resilience over prevention as AI reshapes security landscape
Rising ransomware speed is pushing ANZ firms to increase spending on recovery strategies as AI gives attackers new ways in.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
Quantum computers aren't here yet. But the data threat is
Hackers are already hoarding encrypted data, as businesses race to adopt quantum-safe protection before Q-Day arrives.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
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Digidentity helping companies navigate AI fraud challenges
AI-driven fraud is pushing healthcare, government and carmakers to tighten identity checks as remote transactions spread worldwide.
Companies wildly unprepared for new era of security threats
Many firms are exposing sensitive data as shadow AI and weak controls leave them open to breaches, hallucinations and unauthorised access.
Snowflake unveils platform upgrades for CoCo, CoWork
Enterprises will get tighter AI controls as Snowflake adds blocking policies, multi-party authorisation and new agentic tools at Summit.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Certes says be ready to protect data before Q Day hits
Only 3% of Australian businesses have started preparing for post-quantum cryptography, leaving sensitive data exposed to harvest-now, decrypt-later attacks.
HPE assisting IT teams navigate complex challenges
HPE Networking says AI, zero trust and SASE are reshaping network security as remote work and connected devices make threats harder to control.
Yubico well-prepared for post-quantum computing threats
Businesses are racing to upgrade defences as Yubico says quantum computers could expose banking, health data and other records within years.
AI agents multiply risk, says DigiCert chief product officer
Many firms cannot see where their AI agents are, leaving identity, policy and supply-chain risks to grow as deployments scale.
Expert Columns
Cyber criminals are not breaking in - they're logging in
Networks take the wheel as AI moves from hype to reality
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Why faster AI is exposing slower security thinking
From cryptographic debt to boardroom accountability: A CEO's blueprint for post-quantum resilience
AI does not invent cyber risk, it accelerates it
SonicWall research sounds Code Red on healthcare cybersecurity as attack rates refuse to decline
Cyber hygiene 101: The big fundamentals
Microsoft security landscape shifts as critical vulnerabilities surge: report
Your Immune System Doesn't Wait. Neither Should Your Security
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…Cybersecurity was already hard
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Zero Trust Security News
Trust Panda opens Auckland YubiKey hub for New Zealand
New Zealand buyers can now get phishing-resistant security keys faster, after a local Auckland stockholding cut import delays for agencies and firms.
Kordia unveils Secure Edge SASE to tackle tool sprawl
Kordia launches Secure Edge SASE, unifying networking and security to curb tool sprawl and support hybrid work with Fortinet-backed controls.
Fortinet brings AI data centre security to NVIDIA DPUs
Fortinet embeds FortiGate firewalls on NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs to secure AI data centres without stealing CPU or GPU performance.
Westcon-Comstor expands NZ portfolio with Ivanti agreement
Westcon-Comstor has partnered with Ivanti to distribute its IT and security software across New Zealand, enhancing offerings for local channel partners.
New Zealand cyber defence firm wins top award amid daily attacks
New Zealand's cybersecurity firm DEFEND clinched Microsoft's Global Security Partner of the Year amid rising state-backed cyber attacks targeting local businesses daily.
DEFEND wins global Microsoft award as cyber threats surge in NZ
New Zealand cybersecurity firm DEFEND wins Microsoft's Global Security Partner of the Year amid rising cyber threats to public and private sectors.
AI drives smarter, converged cybersecurity across New Zealand
Nearly all large New Zealand firms now use AI in cybersecurity, shifting to smarter, automated defences amid growing cyber threats and evolving risks.
Kordia reveals digital transition cybersecurity challenges in NZ firms
New research from Kiwi tech firm Kordia reveals that 24% of businesses struggle to maintain cybersecurity during digital transformations.
How do the Zero Trust principles apply to printing?
Security has become a top concern for businesses. uniFLOW Online offers a Zero Trust print and scan environment to protect against cyber threats.
Shift to the cloud for security of enterprise print networks
To ensure business continuity and resilience, employees now need to be able to work from anywhere, on any device.
Kordia formalises Zscaler partnership, supports zero trust in NZ
Kordia has partnered with Zscaler to support customers with zero trust in New Zealand, deepening its zero trust portfolio.
How Cloud-Based Print Management complements Zero Trust Architecture?
Thousands of organisations around the world are choosing uniFLOW Online to securely manage their entire print and scan environment.
The Instillery deepens its partnership with Zscaler
The Instillery has achieved the 3-peat in partnership status as a Zscaler authorised services partner, Zscaler managed services partner and Zenith partner.
What's the story around cyber attackers and IoT devices?
IDC forecasts that the ANZ spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) will reach $24 billion in 2026, a compounded annual growth rate of 10% for 2021-26.
Zero trust in NZ, and its rise from fringe approach to industry standard
Cybersecurity has transformed in the last 18 months, with the zero trust model becoming the industry standard, according to a report.
SeComPass brings Unisys Stealth security solutions to NZ
SeComPass has become a channel partner of Unisys Security, offering its Stealth suite of solutions in New Zealand to enhance security efforts.
Salt Security expands Policy Hub to 100 AI policies
Enterprise teams can now switch on controls for AI agents and APIs faster, with Salt Security bundling 100 pre-built policies into its Policy Hub.
Portnox tops one million devices as bookings jump 52%
Rising demand for access-security tools lifted bookings 52% in the second quarter as the company crossed one million managed devices.
Asia-Pacific cyber threats rise on AI & geopolitics
AI-driven phishing and state-linked espionage are pushing Asia-Pacific incident numbers higher, with data breaches still the biggest threat.
Hugging Face hit by AI agent intrusion in production
Autonomous AI agents breached internal systems and exposed limited datasets and credentials, prompting Hugging Face to urge users to rotate tokens.