{"id":10749,"date":"2023-09-07T15:12:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T03:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=10749"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T03:12:27","slug":"kare-will-your-support-plan-need-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=10749","title":{"rendered":"KARE &#8211; Will your support plan need to change?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&quot;1&quot; _builder_version=&quot;4.22.0&quot; _module_preset=&quot;default&quot; global_colors_info=&quot;{}&quot; theme_builder_area=&quot;post_content&quot;][et_pb_row column_structure=&quot;1_2,1_2&quot; _builder_version=&quot;4.22.0&quot; _module_preset=&quot;default&quot; background_image=&quot;https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/208.jpg&quot; custom_padding=&quot;20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false&quot; border_radii=&quot;on|20px|20px|20px|20px&quot; global_colors_info=&quot;{}&quot; theme_builder_area=&quot;post_content&quot;][et_pb_column type=&quot;1_2&quot; _builder_version=&quot;4.22.0&quot; _module_preset=&quot;default&quot; global_colors_info=&quot;{}&quot; theme_builder_area=&quot;post_content&quot;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&quot;4.27.4&quot; _module_preset=&quot;default&quot; background_color=&quot;#ffffff&quot; background_enable_image=&quot;off&quot; background_blend=&quot;soft-light&quot; custom_margin=&quot;||||false|false&quot; custom_padding=&quot;20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false&quot; filter_brightness=&quot;116%&quot; filter_sepia=&quot;17%&quot; filter_opacity=&quot;64%&quot; border_radii=&quot;on|20px|20px|20px|20px&quot; border_style_all=&quot;double&quot; global_colors_info=&quot;{}&quot; theme_builder_area=&quot;post_content&quot;]<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2008 <\/strong><strong>was a <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>long time <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 26px;\">ago.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>New Zealand was a different place.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The IT maintenance needs of business were so much simpler!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Locally, there was a change of government.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Internationally, we were watching the start of the GFC with the fall of Lehman Bros bank.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the world of tech, the iPhone was a year old, and the iPad was still two years into the future.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>At Kinetics, 2008 was when we designed our KARE plans &#8220;Ready Reaction&#8221;, &#8220;Core Fundamentals&#8221; 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font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold;\">These old KARE plans seem so quaint and naive now!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As any regular reader knows, thats just not enough anymore.\u00a0 Even the dedicated optional cyber-security plans that we added to these are no longer enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unfortunately, we still have a few clients that are using these basic plans and we&#8217;re worried that they might think they are adequate to protect their organisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let me be clear &#8211; they are NOT enough.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They don&#8217;t get close to meeting the needs of a cyber-insurer, and frankly, if an insurer won&#8217;t take on your cyber-risk, then why would you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#474747&#8243; 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