Snowflake is proud to announce that it has completed an independent third-party assessment against the New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) for its deployment in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Auckland region, confirming alignment with the New Zealand government’s Restricted level control requirements.
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Snowflake Completes NZISM Restricted Assessment on AWS in New Zealand
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For New Zealand government agencies, unlocking the full value of data is essential to improve service delivery, strengthen security controls and enable faster, better-informed decision-making. As agencies modernize legacy environments and manage growing volumes of sensitive information, they need a platform that supports secure analytics, governed collaboration and operational scale.
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