First published: 14 Jan 2026
Last updated: 14 Jan 2026

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Small & medium business

Adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing fast. Many small businesses are starting to use AI to help drive growth, automate tasks, provide insights and improve customer experience.

If AI has become part of your business operations or you’re considering adopting AI technologies, understanding the cyber security risks is essential. These include:

  • data leaks and privacy breaches
  • reliability and manipulation of AI outputs
  • supply chain vulnerabilities.

To help your business navigate this evolving landscape, we’ve partnered with the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ) and the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) to release Artificial intelligence for small business: Managing cyber security risks.

This publication has:

  • recommendations for managing risks
  • real-world case studies
  • an example of deploying AI chatbots securely
  • a cyber security checklist.

Read the full publication.

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