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Overview

DEFEND is a New Zealand cybersecurity company providing consulting, managed detection and response services. It operates a local security operations centre serving government and enterprise clients. The company focuses on security governance as well as technical defence.

News

News micahflee 2 months ago
The Server Called Paranoia: Defend Autistici/Inventati
For twenty-five years, an Italian hacker collective has built communications infrastructure designed to survive censorship, surveillance and police raids. On August 26, the United States designated it a terrorist organization. On September 25, the wind-do
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News cavallette.noblogs.org 2 months ago
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News TechCrunch 2 months ago
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.
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News The Intercept 2 months ago
This Mysterious
In text messages, the newly formed
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News Ukraine news - #Mezha 2 months ago
Denmark Requires Oral Defenses for Students' Written Work to Counter AI Cheating
Students at Dueholmskolen are pictured in their classroom in Nykøbing Mors, Jutland, Denmark, on March 1, 2021. Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images. The policy takes effect immediately, but educators say the first response must evolve as AI tools k
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News Ukraine news - #Mezha 2 months ago
Denmark Requires Oral Defenses for Students' Written Work to Counter AI Cheating
Students at Dueholmskolen are pictured in their classroom in Nykøbing Mors, Jutland, Denmark, on March 1, 2021. Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images. The policy takes effect immediately, but educators say the first response must evolve as AI tools k
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at DEFEND over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
19
Postings analysed
6
Stack modernity
69/100
Languages
PowerShell
Python
SQL
Cloud & platforms
SIEM
Azure
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Sentinel
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Full DEFEND tech stack 19 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
87/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
6
5 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
27 days
faster than 45% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Security
79% ▲
Operations
14% ▼
Analytics
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Security (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Christchurch Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Defender for Cloud to stack Oct 2026
Added Copilot to stack Oct 2026
Added AI Agents to stack Oct 2026
Added Zscaler to stack Oct 2026
Added Vercel to stack Oct 2026
Added PCI DSS to stack Oct 2026
Added GCP to stack Oct 2026
Added Cloudflare to stack Oct 2026
Added Azure to stack Oct 2026
Added AWS to stack Oct 2026
Added SOC 2 to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Auckland
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Auckland New Zealand
HQ
Auckland
6 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Security, Analytics
31 Spring Street,
seen since Aug 2026 company site, job postings
Wellington New Zealand
Engineering / R&D
Wellington
5 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Security, Analytics
142 Featherston Street
seen since Jun 2026 company site
Christchurch New Zealand
Engineering / R&D
Christchurch
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Security, Analytics
213-220 Tuam street
seen since Aug 2026 company site

Jobs

≈ $67k – $163k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Auckland • Christchurch • Wellington
Copilot
AI Agents
DevOps
Azure
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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≈ $44k – $129k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Wellington • Auckland • Christchurch
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≈ $70k – $170k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Auckland
GCP
Vercel
Azure
AWS
Cloudflare
Cybersecurity
Zscaler
PCI DSS
SIEM
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≈ $47k – $140k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Auckland • Wellington
ISO 27001
SOC 2
GDPR
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≈ $53k – $121k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Auckland • Christchurch • Wellington
SQL
Microsoft Fabric
Analytics
Power BI
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≈ $58k – $133k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Wellington • Auckland • Christchurch
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