548 PitchIT Vendor Spotlight: HacWare
Guests: Tiffany Ricks is the founder and CEO of HacWare, and Juan Fernandez, the Global Channel Chief for HacWare.
HacWare is an IA-driven cybersecurity training platform that helps organizations combat phishing attacks and BEC scams.
In this episode of the IT Business Podcast, host Marvin Bee speaks with Juan Fernandez, the channel chief, and Tiffany Ricks, the founder of HacWare. HacWare is a startup competing in ConnectWise's PitchIT program, which aims to find vendors with emerging technologies that complement ConnectWise's ecosystem and support MSPs.
HacWare provides a 100% automated phishing simulation and security awareness training platform to educate end-users on identifying and avoiding phishing attempts. Their platform utilizes generative AI to create targeted phishing simulations based on real phishing trends and user vulnerabilities. HacWare's reporting goes beyond simple pass/fail results, providing insights into risky user behaviors and the potential cost of security breaches to the organization.
Key Takeaways:
- HacWare is an automated phishing simulation platform using generative AI for targeted training.
- HacWare's reporting offers insights into risky user behaviors and potential costs of security breaches.
- HacWare's platform helps MSPs save time, increase revenue, and provide value to their customers.
- HacWare distinguishes itself through its unique generative AI capabilities, compliance support, and partner support program.
Website: https://www.hacware.com/
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PitchIT is an annual accelerator program created by ConnectWise in 2018 to incubate growth in startup integration partners dedicated to the MSP space. The company is offering small companies the chance to take part in a 16-week program where participants receive a thorough business assessment, gain coaching from industry experts, earn placement on the ConnectWise marketplace, engage in co-marketing and more.
The finalists are selected to present their solutions on the center stage at IT Nation Connect. The PitchIT 2023 program is officially underway, and 27 companies have been selected to participate in the program.
Interested but still have questions? Email PitchIT@ConnectWise.com.
Join the PitchIT waitlist for next year: https://www.connectwise.com/theitnation/pitchit
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Tiffany Ricks
Tiffany Ricks is the founder and CEO of HacWare, Inc., an AI-driven email security awareness API and platform that provides intelligent phishing simulations and other cybersecurity services. Prior to founding HacWare, Tiffany worked as an ethical hacker and saw firsthand how difficult it was for companies to protect themselves from phishing attacks.
