New Zealand businesses are increasingly targeted by cyber threats, yet many lack robust security. Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS) provides continuous testing to detect and fix vulnerabilities before attackers strike.
The State of Cybersecurity in New Zealand
New Zealand's digital landscape is evolving fast — but so are the cyber threats. From Auckland to Invercargill, businesses across sectors are facing a rise in cyber attacks, with CERT NZ reporting thousands of incidents each quarter, including phishing, ransomware, credential leaks, and data breaches. While larger enterprises have started investing in security controls, many Kiwi SMEs are still playing catch-up. And unfortunately, it's these very businesses that hackers are now targeting — not because they're big, but because they're vulnerable.
Let's break it down.
What Is Penetration Testing, and Why Does It Matter?
Penetration Testing (or pentesting) is a simulated cyber attack on your systems, applications, and networks — performed by ethical hackers who mimic real-world attack techniques. The goal? To find vulnerabilities before malicious actors do. There are different types of pentests:
- External Pentesting: Simulates internet-based threats (e.g., a hacker trying to breach your website or APIs)
- Internal Pentesting: Mimics an insider threat or someone who has breached the perimeter
- Web Application Pentesting: Targets vulnerabilities like XSS, SQL Injection, CSRF in your apps
- Cloud Infrastructure Testing: Focuses on misconfigurations in AWS, Azure, GCP environments
Why it matters: Most security breaches are not due to “sophisticated” hacks. They stem from misconfigurations, outdated software, and insecure coding practices — all things that a good pentest can detect and help fix.
Why New Zealand Businesses Are at Risk
While NZ is geographically isolated, our businesses are deeply integrated into the global digital economy. And that comes with risk.
Here's why Kiwi companies are increasingly vulnerable:
Here's why Kiwi companies are increasingly vulnerable:
- Underinvestment in cybersecurity tools & training
- Growing use of cloud, SaaS, and remote work tech
- Lack of regular security assessments
- Regulatory requirements catching up to global standards
Industries like banking, telco, SaaS, e-commerce, logistics, and healthcare in NZ are especially at risk due to their high data exposure.
The Legal & Compliance Side: It's Not Optional Anymore
New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 places serious obligations on businesses to protect personal information. If you collect, store, or process customer data — especially PII — you're expected to:
- Identify risks
- Protect against them
- Report breaches when they happen
And here's where penetration testing helps:
- It provides proof of proactive defense
- Identifies compliance gaps
- Helps meet expectations of ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2, and other global standards
More and more NZ businesses are being asked for pentest reports during client due diligence, audits, and funding rounds — especially in fintech, SaaS, and enterprise contracts.
The Problem with Traditional Penetration Testing
Let's be real: Traditional pentesting is broken.
It's often:
It's often:
- Expensive
- Manual and slow
- A once-a-year checkbox exercise
In the meantime, your developers push 100s of code changes and deploy new infrastructure — all without any real-time security feedback.That's where Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS) comes in.
What Is PTaaS? (And Why It's the Future of Cybersecurity)
PTaaS stands for Pentesting as a Service — an always-on, continuous approach to penetration testing, integrated directly into your dev cycle.
With PTaaS, you get:
With PTaaS, you get:
- On-demand security testing — no long scheduling cycles
- Real-time vulnerability triage via dashboards and Slack/Teams/Jira
- Automated scanning + expert manual testing
- Faster remediation cycles
- Clear, actionable reports
Think of it like DevOps — but for security. It's agile, it's fast, and it's built for modern cloud-native businesses.
Meet Capture The Bug: New Zealand's PTaaS Platform
At Capture The Bug, we're on a mission to make security testing simple, scalable, and continuous for Kiwi businesses and global teams alike.
Here's what makes us different:
Here's what makes us different:
- ✅ Built by offensive security engineers with global experience
- 🌏 Born in NZ, supporting businesses across ANZ, APAC, and the US
- ⚡️ Lightning-fast onboarding — start testing in 48 hours
- 📊 Clean, visual dashboards and dev-friendly reporting
- 🔄 Monthly, quarterly, or continuous testing options
- 🤝 Human-led, not just scanner spam
Whether you're a startup founder preparing for funding, an enterprise tech lead, or a compliance officer — we've built this platform with you in mind.
Use Cases for Capture The Bug
- SaaS platforms launching new features weekly
- Fintechs needing PCI/SOC 2 reports for partners
- Government vendors requiring regular assessments
- E-commerce platforms before major sale periods
- Cloud-native dev teams who want a security partner, not a gatekeeper
Ready to Secure Your Business?
We get it — security can be intimidating. But it doesn't have to be.
We're here to help you:
We're here to help you:
- Understand where your risks are
- Prioritize what matters
- Fix issues fast — with expert support every step of the way
📞 Book a Free Security Consultation
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Let's make Kiwi businesses the hardest to hack in the world.
Or shoot us a message on LinkedIn — we're real humans, not bots.
Let's make Kiwi businesses the hardest to hack in the world.