Building Cyber Resilience with Fortinet’s Glenn Maiden
NZ Tech Podcast

Building Cyber Resilience with Fortinet’s Glenn Maiden

B2Upper-intermediateJune 16, 202653 min

Host Paul Spain is joined by Glenn Maiden, Chief Security Officer and Director of Threat Intelligence at Fortinet Aus & NZ. Glenn Maiden brings invaluable insights into today’s rapidly evolving digital threat landscape with practical advice for organisations of all sizes on how to bolster cyber defences against current and future threats. Paul and Glenn also dive into the latest tech news including: TUANZ call for cross-party tech strategy for New Zealand’s digitalAnthropic Suspends latest AI Models Following US Security DirectiveSpaceX launches largest IPO in historyThe emergence of autonomous AI drones in warfare Than...

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The problem is we always think that we can just have one silver bullet that's going to make us secure as not but there's a few things that we can do that can make us considerably harder so I don't want everyone just to sort of you know throw in the towel and go home. There is absolutely a way to face this threat even in 2026.

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The New Zealand Tech Podcast brought to you by Guerrilla Technology, Proactive and Strategic IT. Hey folks, greetings and welcome along to the New Zealand Tech podcast. I'm your host Paul Spain. Joining us today is Glenn Maiden, he's Chief Security Officer and Director of Threat Intelligence at Fortinet Australia and New Zealand. Glenn brings with him more than 20 years experience

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across defence, intelligence and enterprise cyber security and now leads efforts to help organizations better understand and defend against today's evolving cyber threats. In addition, Glenn is also the Chief Security Officer for Crime Stoppers International. So there's a lot going on there.

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