InsightsBy Dr Rizwan Ahmad · 26 Mar 2025 · 1 min readShare on LinkedIn

Cianaa Presents at the DINZ DISTF Evaluators Showcase

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.

Cianaa Technologies founder Dr Rizwan Ahmad presented at the DISTF Evaluators Showcase, a webinar hosted by Digital Identity New Zealand to help organisations understand the accreditation process under the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework.

The session

Held on 26 March 2025, the free webinar walked prospective digital identity providers through the benefits of accreditation, who is eligible, realistic costs and timelines, and how to prepare for an independent evaluation.

The panel

  • Dr Rizwan Ahmad — Founder, Cianaa Technologies (independent DISTF evaluator)
  • Tom Norcliffe — Security Consultant, The Middleware Group
  • Marcus Bossert — Director, Cyber, Privacy and Resilience, Deloitte
  • Deanne Myers — Manager Regulatory Practice, Department of Internal Affairs

Speaking alongside the Trust Framework’s regulator and fellow evaluators reflects Cianaa’s active role in building trust in New Zealand’s digital identity ecosystem — the same independent evaluation work Cianaa is registered for on the Government’s official evaluator list.

Event details: DISTF Evaluators Showcase — Digital Identity NZ

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Dr Rizwan Ahmad

Dr Rizwan Ahmad is the founder of Cianaa Technologies — a PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and independent ISO certification auditor. He was named MSECB Auditor of the Year 2024 for Asia-Pacific, is listed by the New Zealand Government as an independent Security and Privacy evaluator under the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework, and led the audit behind New Zealand's first ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management system) certification.

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