Kristin Demoranville

But I think that the niching down is going to happen more and more in all kinds of industries because we need to target focus. We need to have that boutique experience, if you will. Yes. In these industries because they need our help. It's not... You can't just have blanketed skills to go into some of these anymore.

You need to actually know what you're talking about and walk the walk and talk the talk. And I wanted you to say all that too, Maureen, and thank you, because I want people to realize that they can do that. They can come out of their own life experiences and they can move forward into what they're passionate about. They don't have to be restricted to, I'm just this and I only do this, robot mode.

You need to actually know what you're talking about and walk the walk and talk the talk. And I wanted you to say all that too, Maureen, and thank you, because I want people to realize that they can do that. They can come out of their own life experiences and they can move forward into what they're passionate about. They don't have to be restricted to, I'm just this and I only do this, robot mode.

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Founder and CEO Maureen Balotori is a highly regarded speaker and workshop facilitator, bringing visionary insights to every engagement. Learn more at her website, maureenbalatori.com. So as we're winding down here, I'm going to swing it back to cybersecurity.

Founder and CEO Maureen Balotori is a highly regarded speaker and workshop facilitator, bringing visionary insights to every engagement. Learn more at her website, maureenbalatori.com. So as we're winding down here, I'm going to swing it back to cybersecurity.

How important is cybersecurity in your opinion from what you've talked to with your clients and fellow community for food and ag brands in protecting their business identity and customer data?

How important is cybersecurity in your opinion from what you've talked to with your clients and fellow community for food and ag brands in protecting their business identity and customer data?

It's too bad that they, first of all, that happened. And I, all my hair goes out because people don't realize how difficult farming is full stop. It's a very difficult job. It's yeah. It's a lot of highs. It's a lot of lows. Sure. Some smarty pants on here are like, why don't they just make it into ice wine? Because that's not how that works. Right. Yeah, it's not.

It's too bad that they, first of all, that happened. And I, all my hair goes out because people don't realize how difficult farming is full stop. It's a very difficult job. It's yeah. It's a lot of highs. It's a lot of lows. Sure. Some smarty pants on here are like, why don't they just make it into ice wine? Because that's not how that works. Right. Yeah, it's not.

So people are trying to make the best of bad situations like California with the fire and all the smoke taint that's coming off and hitting those vines. Now, some smoke taint's okay because they can still bottle it and it's sort of got that barbecue-y vibe to it. But you can't do that for a full load of like Chardonnay or for Cabernet because ultimately ruins the crop.

So people are trying to make the best of bad situations like California with the fire and all the smoke taint that's coming off and hitting those vines. Now, some smoke taint's okay because they can still bottle it and it's sort of got that barbecue-y vibe to it. But you can't do that for a full load of like Chardonnay or for Cabernet because ultimately ruins the crop.

You can't remove that taint either. It's literally a taint. And I think that this is where I think the technology is going to come in a lot more. It's already in the vineyards. It's already in agriculture. It's here. It's very much here. I had a conversation actually with a reporter yesterday talking about what type of tech is in vineyards. And I was like, a lot.

You can't remove that taint either. It's literally a taint. And I think that this is where I think the technology is going to come in a lot more. It's already in the vineyards. It's already in agriculture. It's here. It's very much here. I had a conversation actually with a reporter yesterday talking about what type of tech is in vineyards. And I was like, a lot.

And I asked him while off, there's going to be more tech thrown at these problems to fix it, right? With more tech, that means more internet connected. Totally. Totally. More people who are just going to connect without realizing that it's not going to be secure by design. Most products aren't secure by design because they're out to turn a profit. So they want to get it out quickly, right?

And I asked him while off, there's going to be more tech thrown at these problems to fix it, right? With more tech, that means more internet connected. Totally. Totally. More people who are just going to connect without realizing that it's not going to be secure by design. Most products aren't secure by design because they're out to turn a profit. So they want to get it out quickly, right?

They're not going to spend the time to necessarily make it secure by the hardware aspect. But when it comes to these type of consumer commodity technologies, you know, they're going out the door rapidly. And it bothers me because now these farmers have to become cybersecurity experts or IT experts.

They're not going to spend the time to necessarily make it secure by the hardware aspect. But when it comes to these type of consumer commodity technologies, you know, they're going out the door rapidly. And it bothers me because now these farmers have to become cybersecurity experts or IT experts.

Sort of goes back to the John Deere tractor moment where they had to start hacking their own tractors just to fix them. Right. Thankfully, that's now been changed and they can work on their own tractors. They shouldn't have to do that. And I've heard from other type of ag companies and like soybean is very concerned about cybersecurity. I've heard from the corn, the same thing.