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         Our success is driven by an uncompromising
         focus on a couple of very simple principles - quality
         people, deliver quality outcomes. We understand that both
         individually and collectively, we grow faster and stronger
         through working with the industry’s best!
         Grant Smith
                                             Truly a family business, Gen2 launched in   Early engagements helped the business
                                             2016 under leadership of founders Grant   conclude that NZ desperately needed a
                                             Smith and Rob Hurst, joined shortly    modern managed security service provider,
                                             thereafter by James Hall-Kenney and   and no-one in the market was committed
                                             Grant’s four children.              to building one.
                                             At the time, the local security industry    By gathering an experienced group of
                                             was focussed on existing service    design professionals and adding new
                                             vulnerabilities and risks, with very little    talent, Gen2 created a truly “new age
                                             advice on how to avoid creating new    MSS” service offering.
                                             services exposed to such threats.
                                                                                 At the time of joining the CyberCX family
                                             This inspired a determination to introduce   in 2019, Gen2 had already grown to 30
                                             security requirements and security-   staff, was established on all relevant
                                             thinking much earlier in their customer’s    Government supply panels and built a
                                             service development lifecycle.      thriving consulting practice with incredibly
                                                                                 strong customer relationships.
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