The latest Genetec “State of Physical Security 2026” report confirms what we at Nextro see every day in New Zealand and Australia: physical & electronic security is no longer just about cameras and locks – it is an enterprise-wide function that’s being redefined by technology, data, and collaboration.

Key Shifts: Security as Strategy, Not Just Protection

• The report shows a growing industry consensus that physical security should be treated as a strategic business enabler, not just a cost-centre.
• Organisations globally are increasingly replacing legacy, standalone systems with unified, integrated platforms — combining video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, IoT and analytics under one roof.
• In 2025, over 70% of respondents surveyed said they now run unified or integrated physical security systems.

For businesses in New Zealand and Australia (many of whom rely on complex sites, critical infrastructure, or multi-facility operations) this shift opens major opportunities. Rather than layering bolt-on systems, there is growing value in building holistic security platforms that support operational efficiency, compliance, and resilience.

What This Means for NZ and Australian Organisations — Nextro’s View

1. Think strategic, not tactical. If you haven’t already, reassess your physical security infrastructure: are you investing only in “locks and cameras,” or building a unified platform that delivers operational insight, resilience, and integration with your IT systems?
2. Leverage convergence – but do so with care. As security, IT, and operations merge, data governance, privacy, and cross-department processes become critical. A trusted partner, like Nextro, can help you design with intention.
3. Plan for long-term value. In uncertain economic climates, choose solutions that balance cost, risk, and flexibility. Favour hybrid-cloud, managed services, and scalable architectures that grow with your organisation.
4. Embrace AI and analytics – but stay grounded. Advanced analytics can deliver big gains, but only when paired with clean data, good practices, and clear operational use-cases.

At Nextro, we believe the future of security in New Zealand and Australia lies in unified, intelligent, data-driven, and managed solutions – and the findings of the Genetec 2026 report reinforce this. If you’re rethinking your security posture, upgrading legacy systems, or planning for smarter, more resilient operations – now is the time to get in touch with Nextro to start the conversation

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Nextro has been recognised as New Zealand’s 40th fastest growing businesses in this year’s Deloitte Fast 50, the national index celebrating 25 years of New Zealand’s fastest growing private businesses.

The Deloitte Fast 50 programme celebrates 25 years of highlighting organisations that demonstrate exceptional growth, innovation, and impact across New Zealand’s business landscape.

Announced at the awards ceremony on 27 November 2025, the Fast 50 list represents excellence across multiple industries. Nextro’s placing reflects its continued expansion and influence within the physical security, cybersecurity, and networking, sectors.

“Nextro is on a mission to secure New Zealand – and this award highlights the momentum that the Nextro team has achieved providing cyber, physical, and electronic security solutions to our customers and partners across New Zealand”, said Martyn Levy, Managing Director, Nextro.   

Nextro’s achievement marks a key milestone in its ongoing growth journey, reinforcing its position as a leader in New Zealand’s physical security, cybersecurity, and networking landscape

Watch this space. Follow us on LinkedIn for further updates.

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Industrialized Cybercrime and the Acceleration of the Attack Life Cycle

Fortinet’s Threat Predictions for 2026 outline a rapidly shifting cyber landscape shaped by AI, cloud adoption, identity‑driven attacks, and the growing overlap between IT and OT environments. For New Zealand businesses , critical infrastructure operators, transport networks, and multi‑site enterprises, these trends highlight where security teams must focus over the next 12 months.

Attackers are gaining speed and scale through automation, while defenders face rising complexity across distributed networks. For organisations responsible for public services, essential assets, and high‑availability operations, these trends offer clear guidance on where to strengthen controls.

AI‑Enhanced Attacks Increase in Scale 

Fortinet predicts attackers will increasingly use AI for reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, and adaptive malware. This compresses attack timelines and reduces the early‑warning window for defenders, particularly in environments with legacy systems or geographically distributed assets.

Hybrid Work Expands the Attack Surface 

Remote and hybrid work continue to expose organisations to attacks targeting home networks, personal devices, and cloud identity platforms. Fortinet highlights the rise of identity‑driven attacks such as MFA fatigue and session hijacking, an ongoing challenge for New Zealand’s mobile and multi‑site workforce.

Ransomware Evolves into Multi‑Vector Campaigns 

Modern ransomware groups now combine encryption, data theft, service outages, and supply chain compromise. For New Zealand critical infrastructure, retail, logistics, and transport sectors, where continuity and reputation are critical, the impact of these multi‑vector attacks can be severe.

OT and IT Convergence Introduces New Risks 

As operational technology becomes more connected, attackers can move laterally between IT and OT networks. Fortinet highlights this as a growing threat for water, energy, transport, and airport environments, sectors essential to New Zealand’s daily operations.

Cloud Misconfiguration Remains a Major Weakness 

Despite maturing cloud security tools, misconfiguration remains one of the most common breach causes. Challenges include API exposure, excessive permissions, and inconsistent governance across hybrid and multi‑cloud platforms.

AI‑Powered Defence Matures 

Defenders are also benefiting from AI. Fortinet expects broader adoption of behaviour‑based detection, automated investigations, and AI‑driven containment workflows. For lean New Zealand security teams, this helps scale capability without increasing headcount.

What New Zealand Businesses Should Do Next 

Based on Fortinet’s 2026 outlook and Nextro’s own analysis, organisations should focus on: 
• Strengthening identity security with phishing-resistant MFA.
• Deploying unified security across cloud, network, and endpoint.
• Increasing visibility across IT and OT environments.
• Adopting AI‑assisted SOC workflows to manage alert volume.
• Reducing attack surface through segmentation and zero trust.
• Hardening remote work and mobile workforce security.

Cybersecurity in 2026 will be defined by speed, automation, and the ability to operate securely across distributed networks. With an evolving threat landscape and attackers leveraging AI at scale, New Zealand organisations need modern, integrated cybersecurity platforms that deliver both resilience and operational efficiency.

Nextro supports customers across New Zealand and Australia to build secure, scalable, and integrated cybersecurity environments using leading Fortinet technologies and proven architectural frameworks. To understand how these technologies may secure your business, contact Nextro today.

Read THE FULL REPORT HERE

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Genetec’s outlook for 2026 highlights key shifts in how organisations will deploy and operate physical security systems. These trends carry strong relevance for New Zealand’s airports, councils, critical infrastructure, transport hubs, and multi‑site enterprises seeking to modernise their environments.

The convergence of physical, cyber, and operational technologies means organisations are rethinking how they design, manage, and scale their security systems. Genetec’s predictions, with which Nextro concurs based on our own analysis, point to increased flexibility, intelligent automation, and unified operations as the defining themes for the year ahead.

Hybrid Cloud Becomes the Preferred Model 

Discussion around cloud strategy is moving from adoption to flexibility. Organisations will select deployment models—cloud, on‑premises, or hybrid—based on performance, cost, and data residency requirements. Hybrid cloud architectures are expected to dominate in NZ due to connectivity and compliance considerations.

Intelligent Automation Goes Mainstream 

Genetec forecasts a shift from hype‑driven AI to practical automation that reduces false alarms, improves monitoring accuracy, and accelerates investigations. For New Zealand businesses with lean teams and high‑volume environments, intelligent automation provides measurable operational impact.

Responsible and Transparent AI Becomes Mandatory 

With AI becoming more common in security workflows, organisations are demanding transparency around data use, privacy, and cybersecurity safeguards. This expectation is especially important for councils and operators accountable to public governance.

Access Control Modernisation Accelerates 

Traditional access control is evolving into identity‑centric security. Growth in ACaaS, mobile credentials, and biometrics supports occupancy insights, energy optimisation, and multi‑site management—benefits well‑suited to NZ’s distributed enterprise environments.

Unified Systems Enhance Security and Operations 

Genetec expects rapid growth in IoT devices and connected building systems. Unified platforms that combine video, access, IoT, and building management allow faster decision‑making and improved incident response across facilities.

Cybersecurity Becomes Embedded in Every Device 

Physical security is now inseparable from cybersecurity. Organisations expect secure interoperability, strong encryption, and robust data residency. As NZ facilities become more connected, secure‑by‑design architectures are essential.

What New Zealand Businesses Should Do Next 

Based on Genetec’s 2026 predictions, organisations should: 
• Develop hybrid cloud strategies aligned to performance and sovereignty 
• Use intelligent automation to improve monitoring and reduce workload 
• Apply transparent, responsible AI governance 
• Modernise access control with mobile and identity‑centric systems 
• Unify video, access, IoT, and building systems under a single platform 
• Embed cybersecurity into every layer of physical security design 

If your organisation is planning physical security modernisation in 2026, the Nextro team is available to help align technology, operations, and governance into a future‑ready, unified approach. Contact Nextro today.

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Nextro has been recognised in this year’s Deloitte Fast 50, the national index celebrating 25 years of New Zealand’s fastest growing private businesses.

The Deloitte Fast 50 highlights organisations that have achieved sustained revenue growth over a three-year period and continue to drive innovation, employment, and economic impact across the country.

Regional category winners were announced on 29 October 2025, with the full indices and national category winners to be revealed at the awards ceremony on 27 November 2025.

Being named a contender reflects Nextro’s ongoing momentum in the physical and cyber security sectors, supported by strong client partnerships and a commitment to securing New Zealand.

UPDATE: Nextro places as the 40th fastest-growing business in the 2025 Deloitte Fast 50 Awards

Watch this space. Follow us on LinkedIn for further updates.

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Auckland, New Zealand – 12 November 2025 – Nextro has once again been recognised by Genetec as a Unified Elite Partner, the highest tier in Genetec’s global partner programme.

The renewed 2026 status highlights Nextro’s continued growth, technical expertise, and proven capability delivering and supporting Genetec’s unified physical and electronic security solutions across New Zealand.

This recognition reflects the strength of Nextro’s long-standing partnership with Genetec and the trust placed in our team by clients across critical infrastructure, crowded places, and New Zealand organisations.

We extend our thanks to our clients, partners, and the Genetec team for their continued collaboration. The Nextro team remains committed to advancing unified cyber, physical, and electronic security solutions that protect people, assets, and operations nationwide.

If you would like to learn how Nextro can help your business achieve security, safety, and operational efficiency outcomes, through clever and unified security design, please contact us today. 

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11 November 2025 | Nextro Analysis 

The world is entering a period of sustained uncertainty. From shifting alliances and regional tensions to supply-chain constraints and cyber warfare, the boundaries between geopolitics and business risk have blurred. As ASIS International highlights in its latest article, Geopolitical Resilience in Times of Uncertainty, resilience now depends on how well organisations anticipate and adapt to these forces. 

For New Zealand businesses and Nextro clients, especially those managing critical infrastructure, strategic manufacturing, or strategic logistics, this shift is more than academic. It affects how we design cyber, physical, and electronic security systems, plan for business continuity, and protect our New Zealand’s capabilities.

Understanding Geopolitical Resilience 

Geopolitical resilience is described as the outermost layer of resilience. It moves beyond conventional risk management by looking at the underlying political, economic, social, and technological conditions that shape disruption. 

Rather than reacting to crises, resilient organisations build the capacity to forecast, absorb, adapt, and recover. They treat resilience as a system-wide discipline that unites business strategy, operations, and security under a shared understanding of risk. 

At its core, this approach encourages convergence. That is, the breaking down of silos between physical security, IT, and cybersecurity so that organisations can see the full picture of risk and opportunity.

The New Vectors of Risk

The article identifies four major forces reshaping organisational risk today (all of which are relevant to New Zealand businesses): 

1. Economic and regulatory exposure 
   Trade restrictions, tariffs, and regulatory shifts can quickly alter how and where organisations operate. Protectionism, energy security, and data sovereignty now carry real business implications. 

2. Supply chain vulnerability 
   Global supply networks are increasingly politicised. A single choke-point (such as a disrupted maritime route or a restricted technology export) can cascade across multiple industries. Building supply-chain resilience means diversifying sources, auditing dependencies, and modelling geopolitical scenarios. 

3. Cyber and information threats 
   Cybersecurity cannot be viewed in isolation. Geopolitical tensions often shape the motives, funding, and tools of threat actors. State-sponsored campaigns and disinformation efforts highlight the need for security strategies that combine digital, operational, and human intelligence. New Zealand businesses and critical infrastructure are not immune.
     
4. Socioeconomic pressure and public perception 
   Inflation, social unrest, and disinformation all feed into risk landscapes. Understanding how these forces interact helps organisations prepare for reputational and operational impacts alike. 

Breaking Silos and Seeing Opportunity 

Building geopolitical resilience is not just about risk mitigation—it’s about readiness and agility. The article calls for an integrated mindset: connecting business leadership, operational security, and technology teams so that decisions are informed by a shared awareness of the wider environment. 

This shift transforms security from a reactive function into a proactive enabler of strategy. It helps identify opportunities, such as diversifying markets, relocating supply chains, or investing in technologies that strengthen autonomy and reliability. 

At Nextro, we see this alignment every day in our work with organisations that manage critical infrastructure, complex IT networks, and converged security environments. Resilience means more than protecting assets. It is about ensuring continuity of service and trust when global systems are under stress. 

What This Means for New Zealand

For local businesses and agencies, geopolitical resilience demands new thinking. It’s about embedding foresight into planning, using data to monitor emerging risks, and ensuring that physical and digital systems are designed to adapt. 

Key questions to ask: 

• Are your supply chains prepared for political or regulatory disruption? 
• Does your cybersecurity posture account for state-sponsored threats? 
• Does your physical security posture account for multi-dimensional attack vectors? 
• Do your business, IT, and security teams share a unified risk language? 
• Have you considered how global tensions could create opportunities to strengthen your position? 

Nextro’s Perspective

At Nextro, we help bridge business strategy and security strategy. Our approach integrates physical security, IT networking, and cybersecurity into a unified resilience framework, helping clients adapt to a world where uncertainty is the new constant. 

Resilience isn’t about standing still in the storm. It’s about knowing which way the wind is blowing, and designing systems that can adjust, absorb, and continue to perform. 

Read the full article: ASIS International – Geopolitical Resilience in Times of Uncertainty 

Please contact Nextro today to discuss how we can help your business.  

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A smarter, simpler way to protect users, devices, and data anywhere

Hybrid work has redrawn the security map

The modern workplace isn’t confined to an office. Employees log in from homes, airports, and client sites, often using personal devices and multiple cloud services. That flexibility brings productivity, but it also multiplies risk. Every new connection point expands the attack surface, making visibility and control harder for IT teams. Legacy tools like VPNs and point-to-point firewalls can’t keep up with this fluid, distributed model. The result is a mix of inconsistent security, rising threats, and growing complexity. 

SASE brings clarity to the chaos

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) changes how organisations approach cybersecurity. It merges networking and security into one cloud-native framework that protects every user and every connection, wherever they are.

Instead of stitching together separate tools, SASE unifies them. It combines secure SD-WAN, zero-trust network access (ZTNA), next-generation firewall (NGFW), secure web gateway (SWG), and cloud access security broker (CASB) capabilities into a single platform.

This integration means consistent policies, stronger protection, and simpler management, whether the user is at a desk in Auckland or working remotely in another time zone.

Why it matters now

The numbers speak clearly. Around 73% of executives see remote workers as a higher security risk, and the average breach cost for small organisations sits above $3 million. Attacks such as phishing, ransomware, and credential theft thrive in fragmented environments where visibility is limited.

SASE tackles this by enforcing zero-trust principles across the network. Every user and device is authenticated, authorised, and continuously verified. Integrated AI-driven threat intelligence detects and neutralises threats in real time, before they disrupt the business.  

Built for scale, speed, and simplicity

SASE platforms are built to evolve with your organisation. They scale easily to cover new branches, contractors, or cloud applications without re-architecting networks. By combining secure SD-WAN with security service edge (SSE) capabilities, SASE keeps application performance high and latency low — ensuring a fast, seamless user experience no matter where work happens.

The Nextro perspective

At Nextro, we see SASE as more than another layer of defence. It’s a foundation for confident, resilient operations in a hybrid world. It helps New Zealand organisations simplify their security architecture, protect their people wherever they connect, and stay agile as their networks grow.

SASE isn’t about more tools, it’s about one smart, unified platform that delivers security and performance in equal measure.

Key takeaway

Hybrid work is here to stay. Security must adapt accordingly. SASE gives businesses the unified visibility, flexibility, and control they need to thrive securely in this new environment.

Contact Nextro today to discover how your organisation can strengthen the cybersecurity posture of its hybrid workforce.

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“Auckland Airport’s decision to use road blockers for hostile vehicle mitigation at a key checkpoint sets the benchmark for securing critical infrastructure in the New Zealand. Nextro is proud to be a key partner in execution of this project,” said Martyn Levy, Managing Director, Nextro.

Nextro supplied and integrated the system’s core components, including TiSO Global road blockers, Axis Communications video surveillance cameras, and Genetec Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras. 

The integrated checkpoint system enhances situational awareness, accelerates vehicle verification, and gives operations teams a modern platform to manage access efficiently. 

The integrated security and operational system delivers tangible benefits to Auckland Airport, including: 

• Stronger perimeter and access security.
• Greater operational efficiency and ergonomic improvements.
• Enhanced health and safety for frontline staff.

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