New Zealand’s digital landscape is facing an increasing tide of cyber threats. This unique scenario requires bold and flexible security strategy. Saviynt and Chillisoft have joined forces to address the increasing demand for identity security solutions. Combined, they’re helping deliver cutting-edge tools and services to private sector and government customers all across the country. Developing zero-trust architectures This partnership is aimed at helping improve zero-trust architectures. Further, it will provide compliance ready identity governance, allowing organizations to more confidently traverse the increasingly sophisticated cyber threat landscape.

Saviynt, the leading provider of enterprise identity cloud solutions, today announced their partnership with Chillisoft, New Zealand’s most trusted distributor of cybersecurity solutions. Today’s partnership marks a historic step forward in bolstering the nation’s cyber defenses. By combining Saviynt's advanced identity governance and administration (IGA) capabilities with Chillisoft's extensive local market knowledge and distribution network, the partnership is well-positioned to address the unique security challenges faced by New Zealand organizations. This strategic alliance brings together business and government entities to work together to improve identity security. It allows them to better manage liabilities and maintain compliance with rapidly evolving regulatory obligations.

This partnership is especially opportune, considering the uptick in cyber incidents targeting New Zealand. The partnership will enable both companies to bring scalable, compliance-ready identity security solutions to market that reinforce zero-trust architectures. This proactive, preventative approach should be foundational for all organizations. It empowers them to defend their data and infrastructure with the dynamic strength they need to stay resilient and ahead of changing cyber threats.

The Rising Cyber Threat Landscape in New Zealand

New Zealand, like every other nation, is in the grips of a rapidly evolving, advanced and persistent cyber threat environment. Recent experience and data released by the government unfortunately tell a different story, underscoring the need to secure our nation’s attack surface with serious cybersecurity protections. Financially motivated cyber incidents, data breaches and operational disruptions are increasing at an alarming rate. Yet, this all underscores the demand for more proactive security strategies.

A recent report found that New Zealand faced an average of 7,122 cybersecurity incidents every day. That data only runs through the quarter ending June 30, 2024. This alarming statistic highlights the increasing difficulty and complexity of protecting our nation’s cyber infrastructure. Phishing attacks and malware infections are the first footsteps in a much larger conspiracy. More advanced threats such as ransomware campaigns and data breaches have made them a critical threat to organizations big and small.

The impact of these cyber incidents is significant. More than 22% of their reported incidents resulted in operational downtime, showing a significant cost to businesses and government agencies. Such disruptions can range from short-term service interruptions to total system failure. These mistakes result in loss of revenue, tarnished image, and loss of efficiency. Further, PII was stolen in 16% of these incidents. This can present very severe risks to citizens and agencies alike — from identity theft to financial fraud and potentially government liability.

Particularly elevated risks of reputational and corresponding economic harm. The risk is another major source of worry. Ransomware actors are increasing the cruelty of their attacks by leaking stolen data to extort payments from victims. This approach increases the risks of incurring reputational damage and severe economic loss. Organizations must evermore protect their systems from hostile intrusions. They must do more than just secure their data, however, safeguarding against data exfiltration in the case of a breach. Compounding these challenges is the increased risk of AI-fueled cyber attacks. In New Zealand, over a quarter (28%) of large organizations consider AI-generated cyber threats as a significant risk. This is testimony to an increasing understanding of just how these sophisticated attacks can affect business and government.

Saviynt and Chillisoft: A Strategic Partnership

The collaboration between Saviynt and Chillisoft is a highly strategic move to address this rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape in New Zealand. By combining Saviynt's cutting-edge identity security solutions with Chillisoft's local market expertise, the collaboration aims to provide organizations with the tools and support they need to effectively manage and mitigate identity-related risks. Saviynt’s Enterprise Identity Cloud platform offers enterprises a powerful array of identity governance and administration (IGA) tools. These are access certification, privileged access management (PAM), and advanced identity analytics. Dynamic configuration and policy management. These capabilities allow organizations to get better visibility into and control over user access, enforce adaptive security policies, and automate identity processes across the enterprise.

As New Zealand’s leading independent distributor of cybersecurity solutions, Chillisoft is uniquely qualified to deliver this program. Specifically, their deep understanding of the local market and a strong ecosystem of channel partners. Chillisoft’s local presence allows them to provide the specialized support and services organizations have come to expect. Consequently, these organizations are better equipped to deploy and manage Saviynt’s identity security solutions. Saviynt and Chillisoft partner to bring a compelling value proposition. SPARKEY helps New Zealand organizations improve their identity security posture.

Combined expertise of Saviynt and Chillisoft will be placed into delivering robust, scalable, compliance-ready identity security solutions that empower organizations with scalable identity security architectures that bolster zero-trust architectures. Every organization needs to embrace this new approach to protect their important digital resources. It’s foundational to sustaining operational resilience in the face of rapidly evolving cyber adversaries. By implementing a zero-trust security model, organizations can significantly mitigate their risk of unauthorized access and data breaches. This strategy protects their networks even in the event of a cyberattack.

Scalable and Compliance-Ready Identity Security Solutions

Saviynt and Chillisoft's partnership provides scalable and compliance-ready identity security solutions, addressing the specific needs of enterprises and government sectors. Scalability is very important as organizations scale up and especially as their IT environments scale out as well. With Saviynt’s solutions, organizations can easily scale solutions across the enterprise with rising user populations, applications, and data sources. This scalability gives organizations the ability to maintain an effective security posture. For one, it liberates them from the limitations of their own identity management stack.

Compliance is a third major factor for organizations doing business with New Zealand. One major factor is that many industries, including healthcare, education, and finance, are heavily regulated with strict requirements for data protection and privacy. Saviynt’s identity security solutions give organizations the power to get what they need. These include core capabilities such as access certification, audit logging and detailed reporting. These features enable organizations to demonstrate compliance with regulations such as:

  • GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation): Compliance with data protection and privacy regulations for EU citizens.
  • HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act): Protection of sensitive healthcare patient information.
  • CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act): Compliance with California regulations granting consumers rights to control their personal information.
  • GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act): Protection of customer information for financial institutions.
  • SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls): Compliance with auditing standards for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of customer data.

Together with Saviynt and Chillisoft, organizations can realize the identity security solutions that scale with their needs. Such collaboration is further necessary to meet the requirements of various federal and state regulations as well. When organizations think from a place of scalability, growth can happen organically and successfully. Simultaneously, by making compliance their priority, they’re better positioned to safeguard their digital assets and protect the trust of their customers and stakeholders.

Strengthening Zero-Trust Architectures

The Saviynt-Chillisoft partnership is especially aimed at bolstering zero-trust architectures for New Zealand organizations. Zero-trust is an IT security model built around the core principle of “never trust, always verify.” In a zero-trust environment, we stop trusting every user or device by default. This rule holds true no matter if they are in or out of your organization’s four walls. Each access request is carefully reviewed and vetted before granting access. Currently, this evaluation factors in things like user identity, device posture and intent of the request.

By implementing a zero-trust architecture cybersecurity leaders can make great strides in preventing the risk of unauthorized access to critical data. When organizations validate every access request, they build an insurmountable fortress shrouding sensitive data from attackers. This is still the case, even if the attackers have stolen a user’s credentials or gotten inside the network. Saviynt’s identity security solutions are a key component for implementing any zero-trust architectures. By providing granular access controls, multi-factor authentication, and continuous monitoring, Saviynt's solutions help organizations enforce the principle of least privilege and ensure that users only have access to the resources they need to perform their jobs.

Identity Security Solutions

Here are some IAM solutions that can be complemented by Saviynt's offerings:

  • SentinelOne Singularity Identity: An Extended Detection and Response solution that provides scalable identity security.
  • Microsoft Entra IAM: A identity and access management solution designed to address the complexities of modern digital environments, offering scalability and resilience.
  • CyberArk Workforce Identity: A suite of identity and access management solutions that provides secure access for the modern workforce and offers scalable features such as single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication.
  • Okta: Offers multi-factor authentication and single sign-on (SSO) integration to simplify login experiences and reduce password fatigue, which can be scaled to accommodate growing business needs.
  • SailPoint IdentityIQ: An IAM solution that provides scalable identity security and can be evaluated for its effectiveness through ratings and reviews on peer-review platforms.

Saviynt connects with other IAM platforms to improve overall identity remediation and security. This multi-faceted approach gives organizations the confidence that they are fully protected from ever-evolving cyber threats.

The Saviynt and Chillisoft partnership is another big leap in strengthening New Zealand’s cyber defense posture. This collaboration provides future-forward, scalable, and compliance-ready identity security solutions that complement and improve existing zero-trust architectures. Consequently, enterprises are better equipped to respond with confidence through the multifaceted cyber threat landscape and protect their digital assets from emerging threats.