Lauren Lev
Hey everybody! Welcome back to the TechOnPurpose Youtube channel. I’m Lauren Lev and today were celebrating International Girls in Information and Communication Technologies Day. Girls in ICT Day is about recognizing the incredible achievements of women in IT and encouraging young women to pursue careers in STEM. We’re also going to dive into a crucial aspect of IT – cybersecurity. At the end of this video,  we’ll share simple steps you can take now to protect yourself from a major cyber disaster. So, make sure you stay until the end, because I’m going to be giving away a free cyber risk assessment that will help you figure out the gaps in your cybersecurity posture. All right, thank you for joining me, Marcia Dempster, the VP of Channel and MSP at Keepr. Thanks for being with me today to celebrate International Women in ICT.

Marcia Dempster 
Thank you for having me, Lauren. I’m so excited to be here.

Lauren Lev 
Of course, yeah! So, we’re just going to jump right in – what are some common misconceptions about women in technology?

Marcia Dempster
I would say the first one is that people assume there just aren’t women in technology. And, you and I are here to show them that there are plenty of women in technology. I think a lot of people assume that because these are tech-related jobs and they can have some really intense, requirements, educational, technical certifications that you should have, it’s a male-dominated world, but it absolutely is not. A lot of the women that I work with, at Keeper are on the engineering side, they’re on the development side. So, I’m happy to say that there is definitely space in all aspects of technology for women.

Lauren Lev  
How important do you think is it for companies to have gender diversity within their technology team specifically?

Marcia Dempster 
I think that, you know, the challenges that women have in a tech based industry. A lot of it comes from having a lack of mentorship. A lack of workplace culture. I think so much of that is easily solvable. I think that, you know, even if you’re in a smaller company, you could start your own women in tech group. If you’re at a huge company, they  probably already have a women in tech group. I think things like that, or any kind of external organization. So there’s a ton of, you know, you guys do it. There’s a ton of organizations for women that let you have an outlet to talk to other women in technology and that fosters great culture, that fosters mentorship. That could be, you know, your next boss or your next hire could be in that group. So I think companies in general really understand the benefits of diversity and inclusion, and specifically when it comes to women, because I am one. I think it’s so important to recognize that women are getting a lot of these Stem degrees. Women are, you know, excelling in math or excelling in sciences and technology and engineering. And I think we need to honor that and make space at all of the tables for women, so that everybody’s got a seat at the table.

Lauren Lev  
As a woman in technology, what kind of challenges have you faced personally that you don’t feel like your male counterparts would have faced?

Marcia Dempster 
That’s a great question. I would say, I have worked at other organizations besides keeper. I’m happy to say that keeper fosters a great culture around diversity and inclusion. We employ a ton of women, a ton of people that have different backgrounds and different educations and live all over the globe. That hasn’t always been my experience. I’ve had some unfortunate experiences in my past. I think a lot of it, and I’m sure you can relate. And I’m sure a lot of women watching can relate, but we feel like we have to work twice as hard to get half of the recognition. I feel like that’s something that men will never understand. I think that it’s important for our male allies and leadership and, you know, whoever that may be, that our male allies recognize that that is something that we feel and something that we struggle with instead of just dismissing it and saying, well, that’s not true. You, you know, you get just as much recognition as I do. I would counter that by saying, maybe I do, but I had to do, you know, three times more work than you did just to get that recognition. So I think that’s probably the most common one that I’ve experienced. And then just your usual gender bias, whether it’s, you know, if you’re on a team of mostly men and they’re, they’re socializing outside of work and don’t include you, not on purpose, sometimes it is genuine, just like misnomer. Like they completely just forget. Not like that’s okay. But if it’s something like a golf outing or they’re going to like a whiskey tasting something that sounds very, you know, male driven. My advice in those situations is just insert yourself, invite yourself.

Lauren Lev 
I do that all the time.

Marcia Dempster 
Honestly. Like, I’m not good at golf, but I played in high school, so I know what I’m doing. So if there’s something like that, then just say, listen, I’m not a great golfer, but if we’re doing a scramble like I want to come. And who’s to say that women don’t like whiskey? Like, just raise your hand and say, oh, whiskey tasting, that sounds awesome. I’m coming too. Like, if this is your team, this is the group of people you work with,  if the answer is no, then you have a larger problem. And then I would take different steps. But, you know, there’s always going to be times where we feel excluded from things. I would love it to not be based on what your gender is. Like, let’s just include everybody. And if you know so-and-so doesn’t want to attend, then so be it. That’s fine. At least we’re checking the box and asking everyone if they want to join.

Lauren Lev 
Yeah, I’m really good at just inserting myself into things. My whole thing is if they say no, then like, well like, I’m no better off, I’m no worse off. They just said no.  Right, so yeah. I’m like really good about.

Marcia Dempster 
Yes, it’s so important. You have to.

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. No, I totally do. So with that being said, what do you feel like the future for women in technology holds?

Marcia Dempster 
I feel like the future is incredibly bright. In my 20 years now in technology, it has changed immensely in the best possible ways. I mean, we have females in our C-suite at keeper. You see female female CEOs in large, large tech companies. It’s becoming more and more normal. And it’s not this like, oh my gosh, they have a woman CEO anymore. Now it’s just it’s like, oh that’s great. Next. You know, which is so encouraging to see, like it’s come such a long way from when I started in tech sales. It just, I feel like the sky’s the limit. And I feel like women are really doing the work. And, you know, the women before me kind of paved the way for me. I hope that I’m, you know, not only leaving doors open behind me, but like encouraging people to walk through them, like, come with me, like, let’s do this together and let’s make this all a better network, a more diverse network, different perspectives. Every business, no matter what you’re in, is going to benefit from having diverse and different perspectives in any boardroom, in any C-suite office, at any level of the company. Discussion is fostered by different opinions, and that’s where real changes are made. And I see that happening every day, so it’s very encouraging.

Lauren Lev 
There’s this quote, and I’ll have to pop it up on the screen, because whoever originally said it said it much more eloquently than I could. But it’s, I don’t want to be seen as a great female leader. I just want to be seen as a great leader.

Marcia Dempster 
Yes, exactly. I mean, I would have to agree with that 100%. I’m incredibly annoyed when people say the term girlboss or like, boss lady. Like, you don’t say that about men. So, like, let’s not do that, please. Like, it’s true, though, like you’re you’re a leader or you’re not, you’re a boss or you’re not. Like, we don’t need to make that a gender thing. That’s just something that’s important. And that’s your title and that’s who you represent yourself to be. And it doesn’t have to be man versus woman. It’s just that’s your job and we’re all trying to get the job done together.

Lauren Lev 
Exactly. I couldn’t agree more.

Marcia Dempster 
Love it.

Lauren Lev 
So switching into our more cybersecurity focused portion of today, in your opinion, what are the most pressing cybersecurity challenges that you think organizations specifically are facing today? And then how do you propose addressing them?

Marcia Dempster 
I mean, ghis will come as no surprise, but since I have worked in technology and all different aspects of technology over the course of 20 plus years now, I would say that the thing that I see that is the most pressing, that would be the easiest thing for companies to adapt and to change is securing your credentials. That’s where keeper started. We’re moving more into the enterprise privileged Access Management, aka PAM space. But our you know, where we started, our bread and butter is credential management and credential security. So that’s your passwords. That is, you know, if you have developers in your organization that share secrets, so machine to machine credential sharing. How are you keeping those secure? How are you making sure your employees aren’t using the same password on their laptop to get into their email as they are for their personal Facebook or something like that? Having secured credentials is becoming and is the most important thing that companies can tackle. I say it’s like the first and easiest part of cybersecurity strategy to really implement because everyone has passwords. We all hate them. We don’t want to remember them. You don’t want to write them down next to your desk. And every, you know, ransomware or phishing or hack that you hear about is usually due to a weak or compromised credential. So, you know, we can think of ten different hacks that have happened recently. And I bet you if you do some research, you’ll find that it was due to either a weak password, a reused password, or some kind of stolen credential. So, it’s so easy. Get a password manager. Please, please, please reach out to me. Get keeper. We will help you. It’s just the first part in a larger cybersecurity strategy, but it’s the most important and it’s probably the easiest one to get started with.

Lauren Lev 
Yeah, and the most cost effective.

Marcia Dempster 
Yes.

Lauren Lev 
Absolutely. Well, that was a really great plug for World Password Day coming up on May 2nd.

Marcia Dempster
I love it.

Lauren Lev 
I know you’re not the marketing person, but is keeper doing anything that, you know for our World Password Day?

Marcia Dempster 
Yes we are, and I am not at liberty to share it, but, there will be, you know, we always our marketing team is incredible. But they do a great job of, you know, social media campaigns and just different commercials and advertisements. And yeah, we have a lot of fun stuff in the works always.

Lauren Lev 
Fun! Good good good. So, looking ahead, what do you believe are the emerging trends in cybersecurity that society at large will face within the next ten years? And what can we do now to protect ourselves?

Marcia Dempster 
Yeah, I mean, it’s scary when you think about it. I think the rise of AI comes with good and bad. It can help with so many things. It can help with research. It can help with certain aspects of really, really difficult jobs, you know, surgery and things like that. But it also can be used as a weapon. It’s pretty scary to think of what  artificial intelligence is actually capable of. And I think we’re kind of at that point where we as a society have to decide, like, how are we going to use this? Is this a good tool or is this an evil tool? But, you know, I see a lot of new scams at play. A lot of new phishing attempts using AI, whether it’s like spoofing someone’s voice or spoofing someone’s email. It’s just getting harder and harder to recognize, you know, is this email legit? Is this website legit? Are they asking this information because they need it or am I being scammed? You know, I think we’re all doing a good job of kind of having our defenses up and double checking everything, but we could always do better. Again, I would say one of the easiest and most important things you can do is securing your credentials, secure your passwords so no one can get into your Amazon and order, you know, 50 bags of dog food that you don’t need, although my dog would be thrilled. But-

Lauren Lev
It’s probably her anyways.

Marcia Dempster 
Yeah, exactly. It’s like I’m already ordering it. You don’t need that much more. But there’s so many things that can be avoided. Like if you can avoid getting your passwords stolen, that’s going to save you a lot of time. Think about like your your bank login or TurboTax. You know, we just finished tax season. Just the thought of all of that data being out there is terrifying. But the first thing you can do is truly and honestly securing your credentials, securing your, you know, important paperwork. You know, your birth certificate, your Social security card, your vaccination records, whatever. I keep all of that stuff in my keeper vault as well, digitally. It’s encrypted. If I were to ever lose those documents, at least I have a copy of them, and I can prove who I am. I just think that’s the most important thing people can do. And then just being aware. Do your research. You know, make sure you’re keeping up with the news around what kind of hacks are happening or what kind of scams are out there, and just not letting yourself fall victim to anything like that, which is hard to do. It’s hard to tell who’s a good guy and who’s a bad guy, but just being smart and asking questions and double checking, you know, the link to a website or double checking the email address where something came from or even, you know, making a call like, mom, did you really send me a link to a recipe or is this something else? Just double check everything. You can never be too careful. That’s probably my best advice.

Lauren Lev 
And you can’t just use your dog one two exclamation point as your password.

Marcia Dempster 
Honestly, yes. And I used to be that girl. I promise I used my dog’s name for everything, but that’s really one of like, the easiest things to start, because think about your social media. Your dog is probably all over it like mine is. Oh, so it’s like everyone already knows her name and they probably know what my birthday is. So they’re like, oh yeah, dog’s name. And then your birthday. Exactly. That’s how it happens.

Lauren Lev 
Exactly. So, I know what keeper is, but can you explain to our audience what keeper is really briefly.

Marcia Dempster 
Sure. Yeah. So keeper is, we’re really an enterprise PAM solution. PAM is privileged access management. So that’s just a fancy way of saying, we take your security very seriously. We encrypt all of your data. We have a dark web monitoring tool that scans all your passwords without us actually knowing your passwords. Because we use ciphertext and decryption and encryption happens on your device. It keeps all of your passwords. Keeps all of that important paperwork that we talked about. And then there’s also a component that is called keeper connections, which is kind of like a, VPN replacement. And then Secrets Manager, which is credential sharing for, like your DevOps teams, your engineer. So that’s more like machine to machine credential sharing. So all of that encompasses a PAM solution. But you know, our real bread and butter is our enterprise password management tool, which is second to none in my book. So got all those awards, might as well use them

Lauren Lev 
I don’t know what I would do without keeper. And this is not just a shameless plug for you guys, but maybe it is. So you remember one password. You get into your keeper, you click the icon, everything is there. And what I really like that it does is that generates a complex password for you. So I always use those. And then another thing is that you can share. So instead of like texting someone your password, you can just share that one access, which my husband and I use all the time because, you know, we constantly have to share stuff and if I text it to him or he texts it to me well-

Marcia Dempster 
That’s how it gets out there!

Lauren Lev 
Yeah, we live and die by keeper in this house.

Marcia Dempster 
It’s a game changer because then you don’t have to remember anything. And then if you change the Netflix password and you’re like, oh, honey, you changed the password, what is it? You can share it. You don’t even have to, like, be a part of creating it. We have a password creator. You can make it as complex or as simple as you want. It is a life saver. It makes your day a lot easier.

Lauren Lev 
And you can even secure it further by doing as many, characters as possible. And again, you don’t have to remember anything. We just have it on, I don’t know, like 32 characters.

Marcia Dempster 
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Then you can make it pretty crazy and completely impossible to remember. And that’s what you want. Like you don’t want to be able to remember it. It auto fills it for you. You can rotate those passwords. You can, you know, share them.

Lauren Lev 
And they’re unique for all. different things, which is important.

Marcia Dempster 
Absolutely. And it’ll tell you like, oh, you’ve already used this or you know, it really is the best thing ever. I love it.

Lauren Lev 
I agree, and I’m not the most tech-savvy person ever and like I love keeper, so yeah.

Marcia Dempster 
Yeah I love hearing that.

Lauren Lev 
Well I mean every word I just said. So I appreciate having you on. Do you have anything else to share for us, whether it’s cybersecurity wise or for Women in ICT Day?

Marcia Dempster 
Ladies, don’t stop. Keep going. Trust me. We’re fighting with you. We’re right next to you. Behind you, in front of you, next to you. Look around. We’re all here. And I will always make room at my table for another woman. So if no one’s helping you, or if you don’t have support, call me. I’ll help you. And then just everybody in general, secure your passwords. It’s the easiest thing in the world. Save yourself the heartbreak of getting your identity stolen. Please.

Lauren Lev 
Yeah, if there’s one thing you do. Absolutely.

Marcia Dempster 
Thank you for having me, Lauren!

Lauren Lev 
Thank you. And thanks for, you know, talking about your dog before we started recording, I appreciate it.

Marcia Dempster 
All day long, girl. Any time you want to talk about dogs, you let me know.

Lauren Lev 
And if anybody wants to contact Marcia, I will leave her information down below.

Marcia Dempster 
Yes, please do!

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. Otherwise, thank you guys for joining us!

Lauren Lev
Hey everybody! Welcome back to the TechOnPurpose Youtube channel. I’m Lauren Lev and today were celebrating International Girls in Information and Communication Technologies Day. Girls in ICT Day is about recognizing the incredible achievements of women in IT and encouraging young women to pursue careers in STEM. We’re also going to dive into a crucial aspect of IT – cybersecurity. At the end of this video,  we’ll share simple steps you can take now to protect yourself from a major cyber disaster. So, make sure you stay until the end, because I’m going to be giving away a free cyber risk assessment that will help you figure out the gaps in your cybersecurity posture. We’re kicking off our International Girls in ICT celebration with TechOnPurpose’s very own XCaaS Solutions Engineer and Cybersecurity Project Manager, Mandi Mower. Mandi, thank you so much for joining me. 

Mandi Mower 
Thank you!

Lauren Lev
So in true girls and technology fashion, if we hear a little sound it’s my niece on a baby monitor. So, I feel like I’m in good company, but I did feel like I just needed to warn you for a minute. So, Mandi again, thank you for being here. Before we get really into the meat and potatoes, tell me a little bit about your background and what sparked your interest to pursue a career in technology.

Mandi Mower
Well, I kind of fell into technology I started working for a guy and he kind of threw me into the data and infrastructure part you know running cables and all that stuff and Found there was a real need and niche for XCaaS and UCaaS solutions So I took that over and that’s where I’ve been for a while and now with tech on purpose I’m doing a lot of the project management for all of our TC21 onboarding of clients.

Lauren Lev
Yeah, um, so while you bring it up, can you explain to the audience what TC21 is just real briefly. 

Mandi Mower
So our TOPCYBER21 project and platform is basically it’s an all inclusive package where we can evaluate your business and how secure and what protocols are needed for your business to make it more secure and protect you against cyber security attacks. And we can get that assessment in less than 10 minutes. And then you can schedule a meeting with our glorious team and skilled CEO, Matt Tankersley.

Lauren Lev 
So, Mandy, what initiatives or programs do you think are effective in encouraging more girls to pursue careers in STEM.

Mandi Mower
So I think one of the things that will make STEM more accessible for girls is simply just marketing it to them and promoting them more. I have found that in a lot of the schools and stuff, it’s actually, they’re hard to find because, you know, most people are promoting sports and they’re trying to get people into their sports teams and things like that. So even for both genders, finding STEM classes and or groups is actually very difficult. And also encouraging girls to pursue things like that rather than caregiver or support roles, pushing them to do things like IT and more technical and engaging things for their minds is very important. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. So I actually didn’t realize until you said that that when I was, you know, going to college and even in high school, like there weren’t – nobody talked about technology really. Like nobody really encouraged us to go into that field. In fact, I was one of two girls in our computer science class. And I will be very honest, the only reason I took that class is because it was an AP credit. I didn’t know a single word. I hated it, like the whole time I was miserable. But yeah, I was one of two girls in that class. And I will say, like, it definitely did not like foster a true, let’s say dedication and passion for pursuing, like, the technical side of everything. So I just wonder how things would have been different for me, if, you know, that was offered to me, or if I was encouraged in it more and not just as like an advanced, you know, AP curriculum level just to get my credits up. 

Mandi Mower 
Correct. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. So what do you think would be a program that would incentivize young girls, whether it’s at the elementary, high school or college level, to pursue a career education in STEM?

Mandi Mower 
I mean, they’re just not marketed or promoted for women, for girls, you know? Home EC (econmonics) is. 

Lauren Lev 
Well, how do you think that they can pivot? Right. Like they’re obviously marketing to women with home EC. Like, how can they market and how could they pivot IT to women? I mean, like what would have – I mean, obviously you were introduced to it through, I guess, a guy. But what would have encouraged you, do you think? 

Mandi Mower 
Well, and again, I think a lot of that starts at home. You know, like a lot of women, they’re raised to be mothers. They’re raised to be caregivers. They’re not raised to be IT professionals. 

Lauren Lev 
You mean like this? Haha. 

Mandi Mower 
Right! Yeah. And so and then, you know, a lot of people, they don’t think that you can do or you can have both, but you can. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. I mean, you do. You’re a mom. 

Mandi Mower 
Yeah, but mine’s old. 

Lauren Lev 
I know, but still, you know, like, you do it all. 

Mandi Mower 
He’s a grown boy. So yeah, I think a lot of that starts at home, you know, and educating parents that these are available for their girls, too. 

Lauren Lev
Yeah, I love that. That’s great. So speaking of, what do you see as the future of women in technology? 

Mandi Mower 
So I think there’s lots of areas for women to succeed. Women tend to be more empathetic and educational based leaders, and I think that’s really important in the technology field. You know, most companies, you go talk to the IT guy and he’s typically kind of grumpy and he doesn’t really have a lot of empathy for your issue. So when people are having those technical issues or they have a cyber compromise or their computers not working, you know, they tend to be a little emotional and rightfully so, you know, especially if they have a hard drive crash or the, you know, if you’re blue screen of Death. You know, empathy is very important. And not to make them feel less for it. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah, like they did something wrong. 

Mandi Mower 
Correct. Because like, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it is, but sometimes it’s not. And I feel like women can not only handle those situations better, but they can be true leaders in the industry in that capacity, you know, and then their sales and training is another area that we have a high capacity for excellence. We’re generally natural teachers and educators with the innate capabilities to explain complex concepts in a way that people that maybe may not be technically savvy can understand. And, you know, not only helping your teams and your users, but also with your customers. 

Lauren Lev 
Oh, I love that. That is a great point. And bringing you back to, you know, you having a child – I never thought about this before, but not just the empathy aspect, but the fact that the women have, like, the patience to slow down and explain things and, you know, show grace, is a huge benefit to being a woman in this technology sector. Through, you know, it’s an advantage we have over most men, I would say. 

Mandi Mower 
Yeah, I would agree with you. 

Lauren Lev 
Absolutely. Great answer, I like that a lot. Good job. 

Mandi Mower 
We’re there to not only educate and train our children, but we can do that with customers too. 

Lauren Lev 
So, how do you handle situations where there are discrepancies between cybersecurity best practices and business needs? 

Mandi Mower 
So that’s always an interesting question for me. One, I don’t think there’s anything more important than cybersecurity in your business. But that being said, empathy – and again, the more information and education that can be provided, the better. I find that a lot of time, people are just not aware of all the ways that technology has evolved. And along with that evolution, the hackers have also evolved and their processes evolved, and their tools are exceptionally more advanced than they used to be. All of the tools that we have to optimize the businesses and make our lives easier, the hackers have those too, and they are exploiting them at an exponential pace. 

Lauren Lev
Right. 

Mandi Mower 
That being said, cybersecurity again, needs to be the most important investment. There are so many tools out there, and most of them are so customizable that I don’t see any way that they could prevent you from having the business needs that you have and impede them in any way. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. That’s a that’s a very good point. I feel like for a lot of the business owners or chief operating officers that might be listening would definitely have that concern. But that’s a really, you know, good point. 

Mandi Mower 
Yeah. And anything that you know is viewed as impeding the business needs is really just an alternate process. 

Lauren Lev 
Exactly, exactly. You can teach an old dog new tricks, you know?

Mandi Mower 
Exactly. Like VPNs,  it’s a process and you do have to learn it, you have to implement it, but once it’s there, it’s there and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. 

Lauren Lev 
Exactly. So as we mentioned in the beginning, you are our cybersecurity project manager. So I do want to get your opinion on what you think is the most pressing cybersecurity challenges facing organizations today, and also how you propose that we address those. 

Mandi Mower 
So I would say the most pressing challenge that, organizations and businesses have today is keeping their users engaged, aware and educated on the constantly evolving cyber security risks and the ever expanding forms of those attacks. Endusers are the cause of most of the breaches within a business. Hands down. And it’s usually through an email. 

Lauren Lev 
Yep. 94% of organizations have reported email security incidents, according to Forbes magazine. So you are spot on. 

Mandi Mower 
Now, that being said, keeping your employees educated and aware of the cybersecurity and potential risks is critical. Security training and simulation testing will keep end users alert to the possible attempts. For example, with our TOPCYBER21 product platform, we have several partners, like our newest partner, Ninjio, in the security awareness and education space, we can not only provide education on the threats, but an engaging platform with easy to digest videos and stress free quizzes. They also provide email and phishing campaigns that can be implemented within the organization to see how many users and who is providing information or clicking on suspicious links or attachments. And like I said, we’re bringing on our newest partner, Ninjio. Their videos are super fun and they are super short and easy to digest and you learn and you retain the information. 

Lauren Lev 
Perfect. Yeah, it seems like a win win for everybody involved. Okay, so I have one last question before I let you get out of here. So looking ahead, what do you believe are the emerging trends and challenges in cyber security that society will face in the next ten years? And you know, what’s your opinion on how we either prepare or face those? 

Mandi Mower 
So I believe that we are going to see a massive surge in AI powered cyber attacks. I know it’s already started. But not only will the hackers and these new AI driven attacks think and change exponentially faster, but they will learn and evolve faster than the human driven attacks. Hackers are going to use AI not only to enhance their own skills and their attacks, but to be able to generate more attacks in greater numbers, strength, and complexity. So again, and I know I keep beating the horse with this education thing, but preparation and paying attention to that evolution and keeping yourself and your employees educated is key. There are so many excellent security awareness platforms available, and they’ll not only keep your teams educated, but they’ll provide potential breach simulations, and those are the tools that people and organizations need to be implementing and using on a regular basis. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. And it will obviously not only help you at work, but in your personal life because those spam, scam messages, texts, emails, phone calls are just we’re becoming inundated. And so yeah, it will help you all across the board. 

Mandi Mower 
So our TOPCYBER21 platform is a security framework, and it includes multiple programs and and solutions that will not only help secure your business, but also prevent cyber attacks. There are 21 best practices and like I said, we have multiple platforms, anything from endpoint protection to, SAS backup capabilities, security and awareness training, complex password management, DNS phishing and web filtering, email phishing protections. We have a cloud sass inventory monitor. And then there’s dark web monitoring, which will actually go in and check the dark web and see if your domains and things are registered on there at all. And then if they are, we can help remediate that solution. What sets our platform and our framework apart is that one, our solutions can be implemented in days or weeks. Whereas, a lot of the other companies and their offerings, they’re going to take weeks, months or even years to implement. So we can have you secure within a couple of weeks, and then we can provide you with monthly or quarterly security scorecards so you can see how your security posture has improved over time. And we can see if there’s been any decrease or increases in that security posture. 

Lauren Lev 
Okay. So that sounds great, but it also sounds expensive. 

Mandi Mower
But it’s not. So, one of the things that we’ve done is we bundle these into a low monthly per user cost. 

Lauren Lev
Okay. Okay. So it’s doable. 

Mandi Mower
Absolutely. 

Lauren Lev 
I think when you know us low men on the totem pole, think of a complex problem like cybersecurity, we think there’s going to be a complex solution. And when I think complex, I think costly. So it’s awesome. I mean from a marketing aspect I know what TOPCYBER21 is, but from the expert here, you know,  it’s nice to know that it can be simple and it can be very affordable. 

Mandi Mower 
Yeah. And we have different levels of packages and you can also add on individual applications if you’d like. Like our basic will give you the basic cybersecurity must haves and then you know we have two tiers above that and then we have also some added. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah like based off the industry that you’re in, if you need, hey – like this is your basic package. But because of my industry I need x, y and Z. You can kind of, you know, we’ll give you the most important. But then also-

Mandi Mower 
Yeah, like if you’re HIPPA or fintech or anything like that, you probably want the higher tier package. 

Lauren Lev 
Yeah. Well, Mandi, thank you so much for coming on. I think this was great. We got to learn a lot. You definitely did a really good job of not only giving us all this information about cybersecurity, but also, you know, really encouraging and educating women in the industry. And that it’s really not that scary. Like, it’s just a couple – it’s some words you need to learn. But like, honestly, anybody can do it. And I know that there’s like a social media, like a famous Instagram thing right now where it’s like, Boys do it. What does it say? It’s like. Not that hard, boys. Do it. 

Mandi Mower 
Yeah, something like that. 

Lauren Lev 
So, yeah, you’re a true testament to it’s not that hard, boys do it. So. Yeah. Thank you so much, I appreciate it. 

Mandi Mower 
Thank you so much for having me.