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Archive of announcements from Cianaa, including partnerships, accreditations, listings and team news across New Zealand and Australia.
Cianaa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SGS Australia and SGS New Zealand to support the delivery of audit and certification services across New Zealand and Australia.
Cianaa has been welcomed as a new member of Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ), the Tech Alliance community advancing New Zealand’s digital identity and digital trust ecosystem.
Cianaa is listed by the New Zealand Government as an independent Security and Privacy evaluator under the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework, led by Dr Rizwan Ahmad.
Cianaa founder Dr Rizwan Ahmad has received the MSECB Rron Islami Award as Auditor of the Year 2024 for the Asia-Pacific region, recognising exceptional professionalism and dedication in certification auditing.
Dr Rizwan Ahmad joined evaluators from Deloitte, The Middleware Group and the Department of Internal Affairs at Digital Identity NZ’s DISTF Evaluators Showcase, helping organisations understand the accreditation process.
EIT Auckland Master of IT students Jing Su and Ayesh Rodrigo gained hands-on cybersecurity industry experience through internships at Cianaa in Auckland.
Mastercard’s SDP Compliant Registered Service Provider List (October 2025) names Cianaa as the QSA assessor of record for listed provider DebitSuccess Pty Ltd — card-scheme-level recognition of Cianaa’s PCI DSS Level 1 assessments.
Datacom’s Datascape is the first New Zealand-based recipient of ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for AI management systems, audited by Cianaa’s independent auditors with the certificate issued by MSECB.
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