Maureen Ballatori

Where we're ready to go. Yeah. More protective. And then from the industry perspective, It's funny. So we both know Andrew Rose, and I'm sure he will be delighted to hear his name mentioned on this podcast. And he and I know each other through Grow New York, which is an international food and ag competition that happens in upstate New York.

Where we're ready to go. Yeah. More protective. And then from the industry perspective, It's funny. So we both know Andrew Rose, and I'm sure he will be delighted to hear his name mentioned on this podcast. And he and I know each other through Grow New York, which is an international food and ag competition that happens in upstate New York.

He was a judge in some of the early years, and I'm involved. He does an ag chat and chew every other Friday morning every which is just like an open session of industry professionals. If you're interested in agriculture, come and hang on every other Friday morning. That really, he's a cybersecurity guy and is as much as he is an agriculture guy.

He was a judge in some of the early years, and I'm involved. He does an ag chat and chew every other Friday morning every which is just like an open session of industry professionals. If you're interested in agriculture, come and hang on every other Friday morning. That really, he's a cybersecurity guy and is as much as he is an agriculture guy.

And so it has really opened my eyes in conversations with him and BioISAC about how much cybersecurity actually permeates agriculture and food in Beth. I had no idea. I really didn't know what was possible there. And so it was blowing my mind in some of the early chats that I had in those meetings.

And so it has really opened my eyes in conversations with him and BioISAC about how much cybersecurity actually permeates agriculture and food in Beth. I had no idea. I really didn't know what was possible there. And so it was blowing my mind in some of the early chats that I had in those meetings.

And again, especially like I keep mentioning BioISAC, but they really opened my mind to this of how cybersecurity actually is a risk for agriculture. and what that can mean. And especially for the perspective I have about the food, BEV, and ag industries, what we know is that their margins are so slim. Their risk is so high.

And again, especially like I keep mentioning BioISAC, but they really opened my mind to this of how cybersecurity actually is a risk for agriculture. and what that can mean. And especially for the perspective I have about the food, BEV, and ag industries, what we know is that their margins are so slim. Their risk is so high.

Last year in the Finger Lakes, so in upstate New York, there was a late frost that wiped out a huge amount of the grapes in the Finger Lakes region. And there was nothing the farmers could do about it. They knew it was happening. Some of them have fans that they could, you know, put on the vineyards to try and like push some warm air.

Last year in the Finger Lakes, so in upstate New York, there was a late frost that wiped out a huge amount of the grapes in the Finger Lakes region. And there was nothing the farmers could do about it. They knew it was happening. Some of them have fans that they could, you know, put on the vineyards to try and like push some warm air.

Some of them lit small fires in the vineyards to keep the grapes warm. There was a little bit that was mitigated from that. But by and large, there was a huge, enormous impact to the industry as a result of that frost. And so I was aware from that perspective. I was not aware from the cybersecurity perspective, how much that is a risk.

Some of them lit small fires in the vineyards to keep the grapes warm. There was a little bit that was mitigated from that. But by and large, there was a huge, enormous impact to the industry as a result of that frost. And so I was aware from that perspective. I was not aware from the cybersecurity perspective, how much that is a risk.

Yeah. And I think when it comes to the frost, it was not an early harvest, late harvest scenario. It was, it happened at bud break. And so there's nothing to harvest there. You know, it was, and so I don't know. I mean, I'd love to see 20 years from now, 10 years from now, a product that exists that helps mitigate that. He heats everything around it without setting it on fire. Yeah. Who knows?

Yeah. And I think when it comes to the frost, it was not an early harvest, late harvest scenario. It was, it happened at bud break. And so there's nothing to harvest there. You know, it was, and so I don't know. I mean, I'd love to see 20 years from now, 10 years from now, a product that exists that helps mitigate that. He heats everything around it without setting it on fire. Yeah. Who knows?

You know, like a little blanket that goes around every vine.

You know, like a little blanket that goes around every vine.

Like, yeah, exactly. But like one of the things that is commonly being developed for wineries is one of the issues that they typically deal with is powdery mildew, which is a predictive weather factor.

Like, yeah, exactly. But like one of the things that is commonly being developed for wineries is one of the issues that they typically deal with is powdery mildew, which is a predictive weather factor.

event that you know like the weather does the what the weather does and if it if the criteria meets these things then powdery mildew happens so there is some ag tech that's that's being rolled out to wineries that is helping with that which is great but going back to what you were saying about the about cyber security and kind of you're saying like hi i can help i'm here to help

event that you know like the weather does the what the weather does and if it if the criteria meets these things then powdery mildew happens so there is some ag tech that's that's being rolled out to wineries that is helping with that which is great but going back to what you were saying about the about cyber security and kind of you're saying like hi i can help i'm here to help