Yamini Kalra

Senior Associate Editor, ISMG

Kalra has more than eight years of journalism experience across beats - breaking, national politics and, at present, technology. She covers enterprise IT, emerging technologies, digital transformation stories and more.

The AI Wave Is Sweeping the Payments Industry

Yamini Kalra • December 3, 2024

The payments industry, which has operated on established frameworks for decades, is adapting - or forced to adapt - to a new kind of intelligence. For industry heavyweights Visa and Mastercard, AI is becoming a tool to drive fraud detection, customer experience and operational agility.

AI Meets Personalized Skincare - With Data Privacy in Tow

Yamini Kalra • November 11, 2024

Anastasia Georgievskaya, CEO and co-founder of Estonia-based Haut.AI, discusses the challenges of blending artificial intelligence with traditional skincare expertise and how Haut.AI is shaping a privacy-conscious future in beauty. Georgievskaya is also a research scientist at Beauty.AI.

Microsoft Reports 600 Million Cyberattacks per Day

Yamini Kalra • November 7, 2024

Microsoft's latest Digital Defense Report exposed an increasingly complex cyber battlefield in which nation-state actors team up with cybercriminals to launch sophisticated attacks, while organizations continue to struggle to defend against these evolving threats.

2025 Is the Year of AI PCs; Are Businesses Onboard?

Yamini Kalra • October 15, 2024

AI PCs are expected to make up 43% of all PC shipments by 2025, from 17% in 2024. The demand for AI-powered laptops is forecast to outpace that for desktops, and by 2026, AI laptops will be the "only choice of laptop available to large businesses."

Will AI Middle Managers Be the Next Big Disruption?

Yamini Kalra • October 1, 2024

With its advanced - and evolving - capabilities, AI is integrated into most business processes and tasks, becoming nearly indispensable across industries. Its impact on the workforce is, thus, unsurprising and raises a familiar question: Can the technology take over jobs?

Healthcare Summit Focus: AI Threats, Medical Device Security

Yamini Kalra • August 2, 2024

ISMG's Healthcare Cybersecurity Summit explored emerging trends and best practices in healthcare cybersecurity, driving conversations around securing patient data and ensuring seamless healthcare system operations amid escalating cyber incidents and technological dependencies.

Financial Services Summit: Fortifying Cyber Preparedness

Yamini Kalra • October 31, 2023

The recently ended ISMG Financial Services Summit was dedicated to fortifying cybersecurity preparedness in the financial services industry. Thought leaders guided critical discussions on cybersecurity topics such as critical infrastructure, incident response, supply chain threats and zero trust.