The Kinetic Business Blog

IT departments are under increased pressure to provide resiliency amid new and advanced cyberattack risks, ongoing supply-chain disruptions, digital transformation efforts, and the complex hybrid workplace. This article looks at how to balance security with resiliency, ensuring your organization has both.

Healthcare organizations are a prime target for cyberattacks, resulting in obstructed operations and a negative impact on patient care. The four most common attacks all resulted in increased patient mortality rates for 23% of the organizations experiencing them.

Cyberattacks - specifically data breaches - are on the rise and experts project they will continue to increase in the coming year. As more companies move to cloud-based applications, lackluster security efforts lead to breaches, deployment delays and impose significant demands on cloud engineering and security teams.

Baha Zeidan discusses advanced technology in rural hospitals and how automation of processes can set providers up for success - focusing more time on patients and conserving resources - in the increasingly digital landscape.
 

Community banks are stepping forward with new innovations and new tech partnerships as customers continue to look for more self-service, mobile options. This article by Elizabeth Judd explores the technology at play and how it’s being used to address this change in customer behavior.

Remote production, which has gained popularity in the broadcast world recently as a result of the global pandemic, is heavily reliant on telecommunications infrastructures. Geoff Bowen offers tips to improve connectivity and bandwidth when planning a remote event in a location with an unreliable telecom infrastructure.

This article by Jim Beaugez explores how higher education has stepped up to support those who want to pursue careers in the esports industry, which is now a billion-dollar business and expected for even more future growth.

This article by Susan Bradley explores IST’s new Blueprint for Ransomware Defense and offers more guidance and recommendations for small businesses, from safeguarding software to training employees and deploying updates.