Share
Kinetic IT has been named a finalist in two categories at the 2026 techpartner.news Impact Awards, recognised for partnering with critical infrastructure and government customers to strengthen security outcomes.
The Australian owned technology provider has secured finalist spots in the Security Partner of the Year and Infrastructure Partner of the Year categories.
Now in its 10th year, the Impact Awards recognise Australian technology partners, vendors and distributors that delivered meaningful outcomes for customers in the 2025 calendar year. This year’s finalist list spans projects that secured national infrastructure, modernised systems supporting millions of customer accounts, and improved how Australians access essential services.
One of Kinetic IT’s nominated projects addressed the cyber security challenges of IT and OT convergence for a major critical infrastructure customer. Using ServiceNow Vulnerability Response, Kinetic IT built a centralised, risk-based vulnerability management capability across the customer’s infrastructure – giving operations teams real-time visibility over 87,300 active vulnerabilities, faster threat response, and stronger alignment with obligations under the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act 2018.
The second nominated project supports the Western Australian Department of Education’s broader Cyber Security Enhancement Program. Firewall telemetry across the Department’s environment was generating approximately 600GB of security log data per day, creating a growing cost burden for full ingestion into Microsoft Sentinel. Kinetic IT designed a tiered logging architecture that retains high-value security events in Sentinel for active monitoring, while storing high-volume traffic logs cost-effectively in Amazon Security Lake for on-demand investigation. The solution preserved full investigative visibility while reducing Sentinel ingestion costs by approximately 85%.
Jeremy O’Donohue, Managing Director – State Government and Critical Infrastructure, thanked Kinetic IT crew and customers, particularly the WA Department of Education, for the partnerships and outcomes being delivered which support everyday Australians.
“Being recognised across two very different environments reflects the breadth of work our teams deliver. Whether it’s protecting critical infrastructure or supporting a long-term partner like the Department of Education to scale its security program sustainably, the principle is the same – security that scales shouldn’t mean choosing between visibility and cost. We’re proud of both outcomes and the partnerships behind them.”
Winners of the 2026 Impact Awards will be announced 13 August in Sydney.
Learn more about Kinetic IT’s solutions for customers.
