The Small Practitioners Interest Group (SPIG) is a discussion and networking forum for members in small teams to share experiences, issues and challenges they face. The group meet four times a year. All are welcome.

Topic: "Fraud, Facts & Firewalls: Navigating Risk in the Digital Age ."

Speaker: Nicoleta Croitoru, Director | Cyber from the Deloitte Christchurch

Fraud, Facts & Firewalls: Navigating Risk in the Digital Age

Overview:

The rise in cyber-related threats and complex fraud schemes has reshaped how organisations-especially small to mid-sized entities-approach fraud risk management and cyber security.

In this facilitated SPIG forum, we're pleased to welcome Nicoleta Croitoru, Director | Cyber from the Deloitte Christchurch to share insights into the Deloitte's work, and how her role intersects with the challenges faced by small internal audit practitioners.

Nicoleta will unpack key fraud trends emerging across Aotearoa, highlight risks tied to cyber vulnerabilities, and share practical strategies that small audit teams can adopt to strengthen their fraud risk frameworks-especially when operating with limited resources. She will also introduce useful tools and approaches available through Deloitte to support your internal audit practice.

This is a valuable opportunity to hear directly from the frontline, ask questions, and share your own experiences in a supportive, practitioner-led environment.

Speaker Bio:

In the last 20 years Nicoleta has worked with some of New Zealand's most significant organisations across both public and private sectors, with a wide range of technologies.

Building on her technical background, Nicoleta's interest in protecting organisations from cyber risk enabled her to perform significant cyber security establishment and improvements projects and services. These range from leading programs of work for NZ organisations from small to large, establishing and running a Cybersecurity practice providing a range of services including governance, advisory, implementation, operations and incident response, to running Cyber Command Centre 247 operations.

This is a hybrid event. Online attendees will receive a Teams Link prior to the event date.

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