When New Zealand-based organisations ask us what value ITogether brings to the table, we often start by sharing our experience working in the United Kingdom where ITogether was originally started back 2005. While every region has its own challenges and pace, the UK market has spent many years developing cyber security frameworks, standards, and regulatory expectations. This can offer useful perspective for New Zealand organisations who are thinking about how their own approach may evolve over time.

This week we’re in Auckland and Wellington running our introductory workshops based on the UK’s Cyber Essentials framework. It’s a practical minimum cyber security baseline that most medium organisations in the UK review annually, and it’s already a requirement for many government tenders and public sector suppliers.

Why is this useful for NZ teams?

Because it gives early visibility into the direction of travel:

• What a minimum cyber security baseline can look like
• How security frameworks align (Cyber Essentials → ISO 27001 readiness)
• What future cyber regulation may feel like in practice
• Where quick cyber security wins might exist today

We’re also sharing insight from the UK regulatory landscape and how it is evolving, including:

• NIS2 Directive
• Growing supply chain security audit and continuous reporting requirements
• Increasing board-level cyber legal accountability

For the organisations we’re meeting, this isn’t about selling a product or pushing a specific approach. It’s about helping teams understand their current position and giving context from markets that are a little further along the journey.

If nothing else, these conversations help answer a simple question:

How close are we to what might become expected in the near future?

We’re looking forward to more conversations in Auckland and Wellington this week.

👉 If you’d like to connect with us, contact us below…

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🇳🇿 📞 +64 (0)9 802 2444

📧 hello@itogether.com