Six months ago, frontier AI was a clever assistant. Today it's orchestrating workflows, reasoning through multi-step problems, and producing outputs that actually hold up. But it still can't replace human judgement. It still produces confident, but wrong answers. And "full autonomy" is still marketing language, not an operational reality. The real risk isn't an all-powerful AI but organisations misjudging where the limitations actually sit and building strategy on assumptions that don't hold up under scrutiny. Our latest blog separates what AI can genuinely do from what's still hype, and what that means for your security posture heading into the second half of 2026. https://lnkd.in/eZUdcBgd #TheInstillery Security Intelligence Virtual IT Group (VITG) Jason Wild Jeremy Nees Julian Wendt Sarah Gibbins Angie F.
The Instillery
Information Technology & Services
Auckland, New Zealand 8,673 followers
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Welcome to The Instillery, where fresh thinking and strategy are blended together to support those with the spirit to dominate with digital. We deliver top-shelf, refined technology so potent, it’s future-proofed. We are here for the next generation of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and idealists. To breed a culture of empowerment over dependency that elevates technology, people, and processes. Ko ia kāhore nei i rapu, tē kitea. He who does not seek will not find. We believe in disruption, reinvention, and growth. Our approach is not about "doing it to a business" or selling for selling's sake, but about instilling confidence and belief in our clients. We enable them to create a digital engine that drives their business towards becoming their own agents of change. Over 30 years, we've merged five of Aotearoa's best technology and support providers to form a powerhouse of disruptive innovation. Our team of passionate 'Instillers' is on a mission to instigate change and put the power of the world's best technology in the hands of those who hunger for innovation. We always aim to do good, and we hold ourselves to the highest possible standard. We leave every environment we touch better and stronger than when we found it. We're here to do great things with people who have great ambition because, as we believe, those who dare, win.
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- 2013
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- Enterprise Cloud Managed Services, Cloud Managed WiFi - Indoor and Outdoor, Storage, Backup & DR as a Service, Cloud Migration Advice & Consulting Services, Automation & DevOps Advice & Consulting, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Modern Work, Modern Workplace, Security, and Connectivity
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Huge congrats to Chanél van Straaten on being Highly Commended at the Women in ICT Awards 2026. 🎉 Innovation is easy to applaud once it's worked. Backing it while it's still unproven, still inconvenient, still competing with everything else demanding attention, that's the harder job, and it's the one Chanel does so well. Alongside Chanel, Yamini Venkatesan and Sumathi P. were also finalists this year, for Rising Star and Shining Star, respectively. Three brilliant women, three reasons to celebrate. Well done, ladies. #WIICTA2026 Virtual IT Group (VITG)
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Cyber attackers don’t need to know your headcount. They already know enough. Mid‑market organisations give themselves away. Not by size or sector, but by signals. Signals that say tools are deployed… but nobody’s really watching. In our latest blog, we break down how attackers identify mid‑market environments, how breaches actually unfold, and why so many organisations only discover an attack when it’s already too late. What attackers are really looking for: ⚠️Slow response to probing: alerts firing, nobody reading them ⚠️Public‑facing misconfigurations: default settings, expired certs, open ports ⚠️Broad, predictable access patterns: VPNs built for convenience, not containment ⚠️Security tools without operational follow‑through: visible defences, absent response This blog maps out the attack chain - from initial credential theft to data exfiltration and ransomware - and explains what actually changes outcomes: active security operations that connect the dots early. 👉 Read our blog to learn more. Link in the first comment. #CyberSecurity #MidMarket #ThreatDetection #SecurityOperations #ZeroTrust #ANZ #VITG
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Congratulations to Chanél van Straaten, Yamini Venkatesan, and Sumathi Pandi on their nominations for the Reseller News Women in ICT Awards 2026, each recognised in a separate category. 💡 Chanel is a finalist for Innovation, recognised for turning complex ideas into real, viable solutions. ✨ Yamini is a finalist for Rising Star, and if you've seen her in action, you already know why. ⭐ Sumathi is a finalist for Shining Star, recognised for strategic excellence and sustained high performance. Quietly exceptional. Getting a nomination is an achievement in itself. Getting three separate nominations says something about the people we're lucky enough to work with! Winners announced on 17th June. Good luck to all finalists!🔥 https://lnkd.in/gGwjPC3Y #WIICTA2026 #WomenInTech #TheInstillery Virtual IT Group (VITG)
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Last week at RSA Conference I spent a lot of time meeting various vendors to get a broad view of the emerging security technology landscape. There was a huge number of products that were either AI-Powered (using AI for heavy lifting done by humans) and AI agent security providers - focusing more on how to secure AI agents. There was also another category of provider emerging who were building AI platforms that had both a security function (for example agents for vulnerability management) but also secured those agents by building them on top of a platform that has built in governance. One of those vendors was AIRRIVED. I'd been speaking to Anurag Gurtu, Thomas Los and Chance Hoover for a while and had seen a demo of the platform before. It was interesting to see their approach and I particularly liked the Agentic Apps that you could build, sewing together multiple agents. I got a few minutes to speak with the team so created a quick video to share. Thanks for your time team AIRRIVED! #RSAC2026 #AISecurity #AgenticAI #topshelftech Virtual IT Group (VITG) The Instillery
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Is the security game being rigged against you? Smaller businesses face the same ransomware groups attacking ASX 200 companies. But you can't justify hiring an enterprise-grade security team. Recent breaches prove the point. Defence contractors lose 800GB of data after five months of undetected access. A patient portal serving 1.8 million New Zealanders gets compromised through a basic password. A 100-employee landscaping business faces organised ransomware gangs. This is happening because enterprise-grade security was built for organisations with dedicated security teams, and the market lacks an alternative for everyone else. Virtual IT Group (VITG)'s latest article unpacks why lean organisations across Australia and New Zealand are trapped in this paradox, and what needs to change. https://lnkd.in/ebDhdudj #TheInstillery #Cybersecurity #MidMarket #SecurityOperations #AUSNZ #ITManagement
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RSAC 2026 done right ✅ Our Chief Product Officer and Zero Trust Practice Lead Jeremy Nees has been busy in San Fran, connecting, learning, and poking at some very big ideas across the security ecosystem. Here's a quick snapshot of his time: 🤝 Spent time with the AIRRIVED team (Anurag Gurtu, Thomas Los , Chance Hoover) who gives a genuinely different take on secure AI platforms, with agentic apps and security baked in from day one. 🤝 Grabbed a couple of golden minutes with Yinon C. and the wider Wiz crew. Big brains, big thinking and a reminder of why the Security Graph approach still stands out. 🤝 Caught up with Sandeep Patil from Google Cloud Security. The momentum across Google SecOps, Mandiant and Wiz is impressive AND a strong uplift for our Managed Detection & Response customers. 🤝 Finally met Chris Hagios from CYBERKNOWLEDGE in person. Always good to connect with people who truly get the challenges customers are facing. 🤝 Dug into partner programs with Andrew Mann and David Dwyer from Wiz. Small world, strong alignment, lots of potential. 🤝 A return visit to Zscaler HQ and a deep, left‑field conversation with Ritesh A. on what’s next for branch connectivity. VITG board member Steve Lewis joined in too! Huge thanks to everyone who carved out time during an insanely busy week to catch up with Jeremy. We're looking forward to continuing the discussions once you are back on home soil Jeremy! #RSAC #CyberSecurity #Partnerships #AI #CloudSecurity #VITG
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We're currently recruiting across several roles in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton. Open positions: 🖥️ Senior .Net Developer – Auckland/Hamilton/Wellington ⚙️ Service Operations Manager – Hamilton ⬇️ Details in the PDF below, Seek ads in the comments. If any of these sound like you, or you know someone who'd be a good fit, reach out. #TheInstillery #CraftedwithSpirit #TechJobs Virtual IT Group (VITG) Alesha Millard Gemma McClurg Michael Russell Spencer Turner Jeremy Nees
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This is what happens when elite platform expertise meets 24/7 security operations. Our expert #ZeroTrust & #SOC teams built #ZDR alongside Virtual IT Group (VITG) to solve a problem we see every day: mid-market organisations caught between enterprise-level threats and security tools they can't operationalise. Your security is our obsession. Check out the latest news on our ZDR service below. #ZeroTrust #CyberSecurity #SecurityParadox #ANZTech #VITG #TheInstillery #ZDR
Finally: Enterprise level security you can deploy today. Introducing Zero Trust Detection & Response (ZDR), our purpose‑built 24/7 SOC monitoring and response service, designed specifically for midmarket organisations across Australia and New Zealand. For too long, midmarket teams have been forced to rely on outdated firewalls, VPNs and legacy tools that only see a fraction of traffic. ZDR closes that blind spot. 🔒 24/7 security monitoring and response 🔒 Deep packet inspection across all traffic (not just samples) 🔒 Local ANZ threat intelligence 🔒 Unified endpoint, identity, and network protection 🔒 A cost-effective peruser, per month pricing model 👉 Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/gTTFJsVZ 👉 Learn more and book a no-obligation security assessment with our Zscaler Aces-certified engineers: https://lnkd.in/gnjT8sRd #ZeroTrust #CyberSecurity #Zscaler #VITG #TheInstillery #ZDR
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Wiz just got a whole lot bigger. Their new eBPF runtime sensor for Windows extends kernel-level observability beyond Linux and across cloud, hybrid, and private infrastructure. That's one platform with full estate visibility! This means Wiz isn't just a cloud security tool anymore. It's an infrastructure security platform. In this #TopShelfTech short, Jeremy Nees breaks down what eBPF actually is, why Windows support matters, and how this fits into the bigger picture, from the Google acquisition to AI-powered remediation and M365 integration. If you've been thinking of Wiz as public-cloud-only, it's time to update that view. Watch the full clip below. #TheInstillery #CraftedwithSpirit #Wiz #CloudSecurity #eBPF #ZeroTrust
