New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM)
What is New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM)?
The New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) provides information security guidance for New Zealand Government agencies. Maintained by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) via the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It comprises 8 controls organised across 8 domains, and applies in New Zealand (GCSB/NCSC).
How New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) maps to other frameworks
All 8 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 8 domains New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) groups its controls into
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Query New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) programmatically
New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM), its 8 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) API reference and MCP config →What New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
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