During our recent CIS assessment, I was amazed at how quickly Dave L was able to build rapport with my team, and how comfortable and open they were with him whilst he was essentially “picking through their dirty laundry”. This resulted in many valuable deep dive discussions, and a more thorough review of our environment.

Dave Francis
NZ Automobile Association

As part of a wider information security programme of work, Contact Energy identified key controls they wanted to implement based on a risk assessment that had been completed. SSS consulted across the specific areas, which included endpoint security, DevOps, Data Loss Prevention, and provided recommendations. “The whole engagement was straightforward from beginning to end. SSS was easy to deal with, highly professional, attentive to our needs, and flexible. They added a great deal of value and enabled us to quickly make informed decisions in a cost-effective way”.

Rod Watkins
Contact

We contacted SSS because their experience across government and with the Parliamentary Service in particular, means they understand our IST requirements better than any other security focused vendor. The New Zealand Parliamentary Service approached SSS for a security gap analysis to determine how well they complied with the New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) and Protective Security Requirements (PSR) guidelines. We wanted to benchmark our policy, processes and procedures against best practice standards in the New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM), particularly for restricted and classified information. We needed SSS to determine where security gaps existed with a view to protecting the network, and future-proofing the system. We have enjoyed a collaborative working relationship with SSS for many years now. This is the first time we have used them in a consultancy capacity and they have provided us with a stake in the ground – and we now know what we need to do. They have given us best practice advice on our security gaps in order to protect us now and in the future.

Alan Hasell
IST Security Manager, New Zealand Parliamentary Service

The cybersecurity sessions were well attended and the staff got a lot out of Gavin’s non-technical approach and real world examples. Many were taking a lot of notes and forming good strategies on how to protect themselves online. I received many thank-you’s from staff for taking the time to organise these sessions.

Peter Darlington
IS Manager, Tasman District Council

With Health now the number one target for ransomware around the world, healthAlliance wanted to make sure their staff understand how to identify phishing emails and minimise the risk of compromise in their network. They chose Phriendly Phishing, because with Phriendly Phishing they received a fully managed, comprehensive and measurable training solution. A solution that is easy to use and enables them to understand their organisation’s overall phishing risk profile and to educate their staff. Shearwater Solutions provided us with an excellent portal with a lot of automated interfaces and reporting modules which we felt were fundamental to allowing us to continue to effectively manage awareness and positive behavioural change across the business.

Liz Schoff
Security Consultant at Health Alliance

We have been SSS customers for many years, initially for support and procurement of email messaging services from Process Software. They have provided a consistently high level of service for what has become a rather niche market (OpenVMS). More recently we moved our Sophos antivirus support to SSS. They have shown a high level of technical expertise and reacted promptly to any issues we have had. SSS have always been willing to negotiate favourable terms with our suppliers.

Malcolm Smeaton
Deputy CIO at University of Canterbury