DEFEND Cybersecurity Office (CSO)

Jul 02, 2025

Unlock stronger cyber resilience faster with DEFEND’s expert team

Building cyber resilience requires governance and management embedded throughout your organisation.

Tackling cyber threats is more than an IT problem – it’s a business challenge that needs a comprehensive approach, engaging your entire team. DEFEND’s CSO service gives you access to top-tier expertise, helping you establish, govern, and run a robust cybersecurity management system.

With DEFEND you get:

Fast-Track Results Leverage our proven IP, templates, and collateral to boost your cyber resilience at pace.
Expert Thought Leadership Stay ahead of threats with cutting-edge research and industry insights.
Breadth & Depth Every dollar you invest is optimised for risk management and cybersecurity maturity.
Seamless Integration We embed cybersecurity solutions into your systems, fostering internal capability.
Ongoing Partnership Strategically and operationally, DEFEND is by your side for continuous support.

Key Outcomes with DEFEND CSO:

Governance, Risk Management, Frameworks & Policies, Incident Management, and more – all designed to drive measurable improvements and ensure long-term cyber resilience.

DEFEND Cybersecurity Assessment

Why DEFEND?

Trusted local experts

We are New Zealand’s awardwinning cybersecurity leader. Our purpose is to make sure every dollar invested in cybersecurity provides the most effective and measurable return.

Insights that matter

Reports are great but require action. Being shown how to remediate ensures you can make the improvements required to increase your cyber resiliency.

Invested in your journey

Cybesecurity done with you; not to you. By joining you on your cybersecurity journey, we ensure that we work collaboratively to accelerate your increased cyber resilience.

Options & pricing

CSO comes in three standard options, starting from $4,780 per month, depending on the level of assistance you and your business needs:

Foundational

Advise

Review

Guide

Assist

Enabled

Champion

Maintain

Implement

Manage

Optimised

Lead

Own

Define

Deliver

Note: Costs shown are indicative only, are in $NZD and exclude GST. Any applicable onboarding costs are calculated during scoping. Formal scoping is required for an official quote.

Partner with DEFEND for Cybersecurity Excellence

DEFEND are an award-winning New Zealand owned cybersecurity service provider. With over 140 passionate cybersecurity experts nationwide that support customers both locally and abroad. We specialise in cybersecurity across four core areas: Plan, Transform, Operate and Assure. We cater from Government/Enterprise through to Not-For-Profits and startups.

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