New Zealand: Opened consultation on National Security Group inquiry into critical infrastructure resilience

On 13 June 2023, the National Security Group (NSG) Part of the National Security and Intelligence Oversight opened a public consultation on the resilience of New Zealand’s critical infrastructure, until 8 August 2023. The NSG issued a discussion document outlining a proposal for a systems-based regulatory approach to complement existing sectoral regulations with comprehensive resilience requirements for critical infrastructure. The document notes that telecommunications, financial, and digital services (such as data storage) could be classified as critical infrastructure. The framework proposes to improve government collection of data on ownership, control, and cyber incidents and establish enforceable minimum resilience standards to mitigate service disruptions.