We apologize for the technical difficulties in getting started for today's meeting. We would like to welcome you to Intrusion Inc.'s third quarter 2022 earnings conference call and webcast. At this time, all participant lines are in a listen-only mode. For those of you participating in the conference call, there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions at the end of today's prepared comments. Please note this conference is being recorded. An audio replay of the conference call will be available on the company's website within a few hours after this call. I would now like to turn the call over to Sam Cohen with Alpha Investor Relations. Thank you, and welcome. Joining me today are Tony Scott, Chief Executive Officer, and Kimberly Pinson, Chief Financial Officer. The call is being webcast and will be archived on the investor relations section of our website. Before I turn the call over to Tony, I'd like to remind everyone that statements made during this conference call relating to the company's expected future performance, future business prospects, future events, or plans may include forward-looking statements as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Please refer to our SEC filings for more information on the specific risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the projections described in today's conference call. Any forward-looking statements that we make on this call are based upon information that we believe as of today, and we undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events. In addition to U.S. GAAP reporting, we report certain financial measures that do not conform to generally accepted accounting principles. During the call, we may use non-GAAP measures we believe it is useful to investors or if we believe it will help investors better understand our performance or business trends. With that, let me now turn the call over to Tony for a few opening remarks. Thank you, Sam. Good afternoon, and thank you all for joining us today. I'd like to follow our usual cadence and provide you with some updates on our strategic priorities that are positioning Intrusion for long-term growth. These priorities include expanding and strengthening our product offerings, realigning our sales and marketing resources, and focusing on channel-enabled sales model, as well as strengthening our strategic partnerships and improving our financial discipline. As we announced at the end of September, we've achieved the commercial release of our Shield Cloud and Endpoint products. The addition of the cloud and endpoint solutions improve the attractiveness of our advanced threat intelligence dataset with products positioned to serve the growing hybrid and cloud world. Notably, as we released these new products, we identified some important patentable characteristics on our path to general availability. Now that we have patent coverage in place, these product additions strengthen our strategic vision for Intrusion as we continue to serve the growing demands of customers seeking advanced and highly effective cybersecurity solutions globally. First, let me talk about our Shield Cloud product. Shield Cloud extends the effectiveness of the Intrusion Global Threat Engine and serves as a protective gateway between a customer's virtual private cloud and the public internet. It's an important addition to our product line. Next, let me talk about our Intrusion Shield Endpoint solution. Shield Endpoint enables safe web browsing outside of the corporate enclave and data center, allowing users to work remotely with confidence that authorized device connections are known, monitored, and protected. With this product, users can safely view content on sites that would otherwise be blocked through our Shield Renderer, which transparently redirects users to a safe, cloud-based browsing environment. The indications of interest in the pipeline expansion as a result of our Shield Cloud and Endpoint products are highly encouraging. We've received positive feedback from customers emphasizing the effectiveness of our solution and the overall value it brings to our dedicated users. A couple of data points to help you understand what I'm seeing. Our qualified leads have more than doubled. We've doubled our proof of concepts and proof of values. Our quotes are 10x in terms of quotes that we have outstanding, and all of those give me confidence in the future for these new products. Finally, we continue to invest in our Shield on-premise appliance. Development of and enhancements to this product are continuing with new functionality and the ability to address increasingly higher network bandwidths over time. The demand remains strong for this hardware, and we had several deals that didn't close in this quarter but are in our qualified pipeline. I continue to believe that the release of these new products will pave the way for Intrusion Shield in all forms to become the largest source of revenue growth in the future. On the sales and marketing front, we've revamped our messaging around Shield with the launch of our new company website, new product branding, and a new company logo as a part of this makeover effort. The revamping of the messaging around Shield and the launch of our new website will help us better communicate our unique value proposition and our competitive position in the marketplace. Last quarter, we announced an agreement with Supermicro as our primary global supplier of hardware. I'm pleased to announce we've deepened our relationship with Supermicro by signing an agreement to also act as a reseller of Intrusion technology. This agreement will add Intrusion technology to the cybersecurity portfolio that Supermicro can sell to its customers globally. I'm delighted with this arrangement and know that the combination of Supermicro and Intrusion will offer excellent value to our joint customers. Finally, as we announced in October, we are partnering with vTech Solution, an IT services firm based in Washington, D.C., that provides end-to-end managed solutions for its customers. We see a large opportunity to work with vTech Solution due to its experience working with state and local governments. vTech Solution currently operates in 40 U.S. states and three additional countries, which will help expand the reach of our Shield products as they see greater penetration into those markets. We have positive momentum resulting from these new partnerships, which expands our reach as we provide Intrusion Shield protection to a greater number of customers. Our discussions have continued with other major technology partners on the strategic partnerships front, but we have nothing more to announce at this particular time. As I indicated last quarter, I was hoping to have something further to announce during the third quarter, but there's been a bit of a slowdown in these discussions, mainly due to the macroeconomic environment that we're all currently experiencing. That said, no potential partner has left the discussion, and we detect genuine enthusiasm for our IP, and I remain optimistic that we will have something to announce on this front in due time, and our strategic direction remains on course. Before wrapping up, let me also address our legacy consulting business. We were pleased to see this segment grow both sequentially and year over year. As you know, the federal government's fiscal year started on October 1st, and there currently is a continuing resolution, or CR, as it's commonly known, to temporarily extend the fiscal year 2022 spending levels. As can be typical in these situations, we expect that the appropriators and congressional leaders will reengage in negotiations to finalize federal spending for fiscal 2023 following the November midterm elections. As we navigate the terrain of conducting federal government business, we are continuing to make investments and are exploring additional opportunities within the space in support of our growth strategy. Our team continues to be active in our engagement with industry leaders and chief information officers through participation in a couple of select cybersecurity conferences. As many of you know, I have a background with the federal government, which ultimately led to Intrusion's participation in cyber world within the AUSA conference, the largest trade show for the U.S. military with over 60,000 attendees. I personally participated as a keynote speaker this year, where I emphasized the technological capabilities of Shield in protecting critical information assets, which was well received by those in attendance. During the quarter, we also participated in GrrCON, an information technology security and hacking conference. This conference brings together a number of industry leaders to discuss pertinent changes to the cybersecurity industry and how CIOs are countering attacks. The participation at these two conferences allowed us to showcase our new and innovative products to a broader audience at significant industry events, and we're continuing to evaluate additional ways to expand the awareness of our Intrusion Shield offering. At a macro level, there are both positives and negatives. What I continue to hear and confirm is that while forecasts for technology and software spending are projected to be markedly lower, cybersecurity remains a top priority as we head into 2023. For example, in a recent Gartner study published in The Wall Street Journal, 66% of CIOs indicated that they plan to increase investment in cybersecurity. Long-term, the demand backdrop for our solutions continues to grow, specifically in the market sub-segments we serve. Cybercriminals and ransomware attacks do not pause because of a slowing economy, and we continue to operate in a segment that will continue to see increased spending irrespective of what's happening in the global market. While bad actors never cease, I'm excited about the ways in which our new and existing products can stand up to the most intelligent threats today. I remain steadfast in my belief that we are well on our way to sustainable Intrusion growth in this high-growth, exciting space. Before I turn the call over to Kim, I'd like to comment on our efforts to improve the company's financial discipline and stability as we continue to pursue our strategic initiatives. We further strengthened our balance sheet and overall financial flexibility to meet our operational and strategic needs. In September, we completed a registered direct offering of approximately $6 million along our goal of $15 million-$20 million in the coming year. We remain confident that the capital markets remain open to us as we gain traction with our new Shield products. We plan to move forward with the same commitment to investing in our business in a responsible manner that's commensurate with our prospects for profitable growth. Overall, I'm proud of how our teams executed during the quarter. I'm happy with the positive trajectory in our new business wins paired with a strong sales pipeline as more companies look to leverage our advanced threat hunting capabilities. With that said, I'd now like to turn the call over to Kim for a detailed review of our third quarter financials. Kim? Thanks, Tony. We are encouraged by the ongoing progress being made within our business as we continue to strengthen our balance sheet, bolster our financial flexibility, and support our strategic growth initiatives to capture the growing customer demand for our sophisticated cybersecurity solutions. Revenues for the third quarter of 2022 were $2.2 million, an increase of $0.1 million or 6.5% sequentially, and $0.4 million or 20.5% year-over-year. Third quarter revenues for our consulting business of $1.9 million increased 14.6% year-over-year and 7.9% sequentially due to an increased level of task orders during the quarter. This business has shown continued progress, and we feel that we'll continue to see a consistent level of growth as the federal government works its way through the backlog of task orders for contracts that have already been awarded and eventually reaches a new budget for fiscal 2023. As you know, due to the CR, no new contracts can be awarded until either the CR ends or a new budget is approved. Third quarter results for our Shield on-premise of $0.3 million was flat sequentially due to some minor churn we experienced in the business. During the quarter, we signed a number of new customers, which was offset by a non-renewal of a contract. On a year-over-year basis, Shield third quarter revenues increased $0.1 million or 70.3%. We are still seeing strong demand for our Shield on-premise solution, with some opportunities that we did not close in Q3 expected to close in the fourth quarter. As Tony stated, we are pleased with the launch and progress of our two new Shield products and are encouraged by the prospects in the pipeline, particularly for the Endpoint solution that we expect to be a large contributor to revenues in the future. The gross profit margin was 54.6% for third quarter of 2022, which is significantly below the gross margin that has been reported in prior periods. During the quarter, we identified amounts recorded in operating expense that should be included in cost of sales. We included this expense in cost of sales in Q3 and made a reclassification from operating expense to cost of sales in all prior periods for comparability. This reclassification resulted in a reduced gross margin of approximately 12% and 14% for each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. When comparing our current quarter gross margin to the same period in 2021 after reclassification, our gross margin increased 6.2%. We anticipate our gross margin will continue to increase as Shield revenues make up a greater percentage of our sales. We are continuing to control our cost structure while also making prudent investments in our long-term profitable growth. Third quarter operating expenses of $5 million were down $2 million or 28% year-over-year. Looking closer at our operating expenses, sales and marketing expenses of $1.7 million were down $1.8 million or 52% year-over-year as a result of the actions taken over the past year to realign our sales organization and implement cost savings measures. Research and development totaled $1.5 million, a decrease of $0.4 million from the prior year period. As you may recall, we began capitalizing internally developed software costs in the second quarter of this year. When adjusted for amounts capitalized, the R&D expense would be $2 million, an increase of $0.1 million or 5% year-over-year. General and administrative expenses of $1.9 million were up $0.3 million or 16% year-over-year, mainly due to legal costs that are non-recurring in nature. During the quarter, we finalized the calculation of our employee tax credit related to 2020 and 2021, and we recognized $2 million in other income net of expenses. Net loss for the third quarter was $2.9 million or $0.15 per share compared to a net loss of $6.1 million or $0.34 per share for the third quarter of 2021. Our losses have improved significantly compared to the same period of the prior year, which reflects our responsible fiscal management as we grow revenues and manage our costs. Turning to the balance sheet, as of September 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $6.9 million, up from $4.1 million on December 31, 2021. On September 12th, we entered into a securities purchase agreement to issue and sell shares in a registered direct offering of common stock and warrants totaling $5.9 million. We closed on 959,057 shares and warrants for $4 million in the September quarter. The additional financing allows us to prudently invest in our growing suite of Intrusion Shield products and address our capital allocation priorities while driving sustainable shareholder value. With that financial overview, I'd like to turn the call back over to Tony for a few closing comments. Tony. Thanks, Kim. To conclude, we're continuing to execute on our strategic initiatives through the launch of our new products and the partnerships that we've announced. We're pleased with our performance and are optimistic for what is yet to come. I believe that the actions that we are taking today set us up well to end the year on a good note and move into 2023 with strong momentum. I look forward to sharing the next steps in our journey with all of you, and again, thank our investors for your continued support as we execute on our strategy. This concludes our prepared remarks, and I'll turn the call over to the operator for Q&A. At this time, if you'd like to ask a question, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. Again, that is star one to ask a question. We'll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Our first question will come from the line of Zach Cummins with B. Riley Securities. Please go ahead. Yeah. Hi, good afternoon. Thanks for taking my questions. Just starting off, I mean, with Shield revenue, I think essentially flat quarter-over-quarter, it sounds like you had a non-renewal with a customer. Can you talk about some of the dynamics that went on there and why that customer decided to not continue forward with your on-premise product? Yeah. This is Tony. The circumstance there is it was a deal that was signed before I actually got there. The customer had turned on Shield, and it was an educational institution. On the first day of school, when all the students logged in, our box crashed, and they got kind of jittery and basically refused to turn it back on again. Again, all of this happened well before I got to Intrusion. It was one of those things that when I got there, we spent, you know, the first couple of months on the hardware, stabilizing our software, making sure things like that wouldn't happen again. We just couldn't resurrect that one customer out of the trash bin, if you will. I felt real bad about it, but I do understand in that particular case why, you know, a customer would feel burned and would not wanna renew. That's the circumstance. I wish it were otherwise, but it is what it is. Understood. That's helpful. Kim, I think you mentioned around kind of the lower gross margin that we saw in this quarter. I mean, any way you can give us a sense of what sort of costs are being moved into that cost of revenue line versus what was classified as operating expenses before? Yes, I can. In reviewing the cost of sales, it was primarily as we were getting ready for the planning phase of the remainder of this year and 2023, I noticed some contractor expense. It's really some direct labor expense associated with a contract, a consulting contract that previously had been included in operating expense and should have been fully recorded in cost of sales. That is a long-term contract. The billing on that contract was consistent. We went back and did a correction of an immaterial error and restated the cost of sales for all periods presented. It did not have an impact on our operating income, gross margin, or earnings per share. It was clearly a reclassification. Understood. That's helpful. Tony, final question for me is really around the launch of your new cloud and endpoint solutions. Just to make sure I was getting all the metrics right, would you mind repeating kind of some of the pipeline metrics that you shared during the conference call script? I'm assuming all of the existing channel partners you have are likely ready to go right now to sell these new solutions. Yeah. We've been working, you know, for the last several months, you know, getting our partners and resellers and so on ready, you know, for this launch, getting our collateral material together and, you know, all of the things that you would expect at this, you know, at that particular time. The metrics I was talking about has to do with our proof of values, proof of concepts, and things like that. Let me reshare those. One of the things that we track in our Salesforce instance is qualified leads. These are leads that, you know, we know there's a budget, we understand what the demand is, there's been at least an initial conversation, and a desire to learn more about our product and so on. It's not just somebody clicking on the website or you know, some sort of casual interest. It's a real sales opportunity for us. We have a funnel process that we go through to eventually determine that it's a qualified lead that bears our putting time into and also our channel partners putting time into. In most cases, they've already put some considerable time into it. Those have doubled. We've also doubled the proof of concepts and proof of value. Once we get through the initial sales pipeline, then, you know, we actually get our hardware or software, as the case may be, installed at the customer site, and we begin a defined period of time where the customer experiences what our product can do in order to make a determination whether they ultimately want to buy it or not. Those have doubled. Probably the other measure that I think is important and we talked about on the call is quotes outstanding. These are cases where in dialogue with the customer, we have a specific request to provide a quote and, you know, our goal is to turn those quotes into actual sales. Those are all leading indicators of, you know, trajectory in terms of where the company's going, and I'm, you know, pleased to see those numbers show up in Q3. Understood. That was extremely helpful. Well, congrats on the continued progress here in Q3, and then best of luck with the rest of the year. Thank you. Your next question will come from the line of Scott Buck with H.C. Wainwright. Please go ahead. Hi, good afternoon, everybody. My first question, I may have missed it, Tony, at the front end of the call, but what part of the quarter did you guys go live with Endpoint and Cloud? It was near the end of the quarter. What happened there is we were ready to go and we realized there was some additional patent coverage that we really wanted to have and needed to have before we went GA with these products. We had a slight delay of a couple of weeks while we got that patent coverage in place. The good news is it allowed us to do some additional feature development that probably wouldn't have gotten done otherwise. You know, I'd call it a good delay for two reasons, but it was a little bit later in the quarter than I had originally been hoping for. We did get it out at the end of the quarter, both of them. Was there any revenue contribution from these two products during the quarter? No, because, neither were GA. Yeah The very end of the quarter, so. Okay, perfect. My next question on the vTech partnership and really just your channel partnerships in general, can you remind us what the economics look like there? I assume maybe a little bit lower revenue, but higher gross margin versus you know what would occur under a direct sales relationship. Right. We have agreements in place with all of our resellers. You know, most of them are a commission kind of basis or a discount basis, but they sell our products. They bill the customer, we bill them, is kind of the nature of the relationship. In most cases, they'll provide first-line support. They'll have technical teams that help with the install, you know, answer any tier one, you know, help desk kinda calls and so on. It's a good alternative in my view to building up a large team internally that would be needed if we were gonna do all of that directly ourselves. Sure. How many channel partners do you guys have in place currently, and what's the pipeline look like for adding additional? I don't know the exact number off the top of my head. I can get back to you with that. You know, we're focused on around 8-10 at this particular point who are, I'll say, more active than the others. It's probably double that in total that I'd say are active partners. We're real focused on the top, you know, eight or so that are, you know, really delivering leads and really engaging in, you know, direct customers. That's apart from the managed service providers and managed security service providers that are their own sort of activity. Right. Okay. They're all educated up on the product, so there's not, you know, a six-month lag in terms of when they could, you know, actually start selling? Yeah, they are. You know, we'll obviously continue to develop additional material. One of the things that happens when you get a product into the marketplace is, you try to anticipate ahead of time what all the questions and, you know, all of the frequently asked concerns or whatever might be. There's no substitute for getting out in the marketplace and getting feedback and hearing what the real customers have to say. You know, there will be a period here where that feedback will be critically important as we try to do a better job. Sure. All right. Just one more from me. You guys did a nice job bringing down OpEx over the course of the last year. What's the expectation going forward in terms of, you know, are there some additional areas that you can, I don't know, be more disciplined around if the environment gets a little bit worse? Or do you need to, you know, really start to add here to support, you know, the growth in the top line? Well, I'll let Kim comment, but our main goal is to improve sales. We think now we have the opportunity with the two new products in a pretty complete offering, you know, really spur sales. Our objective is to grow internal resources at a slower rate than sales. I think Kim mentioned improved margins in her conversation. You know, our goal for the next two quarters, in particular, and I think forever, will be grow sales and then grow costs at a slower rate. Just to add on to what Tony said, you know, I think the go-to-market structure that we have adjusted will allow us to grow our expenses in moderation and have to make those significant investments as we grow our clients. We do plan on, you know, responsible fiscal management and really not getting ahead of ourselves in terms of expense spend. We'll continue to spend responsibly. We'll continue to invest in new features and functionality and new products, but we will moderate that with our product adoption and the rate at which our top line grows. On that same basis, to a lower extent, but we will continue to invest in sales and marketing. Due to the go-to-market structure, it will be at a lesser extent than what otherwise we would have seen once the new product's launched. Okay, great. I appreciate the time, guys. Thank you so much. Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Ed Woo with Ascendiant Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Congratulations on the product releases. My question is, you mentioned about the, you know, weakening macro environment, you know, challenges with IT budgets, but at the same time, cybersecurity remains a priority. Do you anticipate longer sales cycles and/or maybe, you know, pricing pressures, going forward? Yeah. I think that's a natural. Natural Sort of result, given the macroeconomic climate we're in. There's a couple of other things I would mention here too. I hear a couple of themes from CIOs and CISOs when we talk to them. One of them is that they're tired of, you know, having 52 vendors in the cybersecurity space, and they're sort of looking for, you know, better coverage from a fewer number of vendors than what they have today. It tells me that there's likely to be some industry consolidation or, you know, things like that as the pressure comes to, you know, from the customer base. I also hear, and I think this helps, Intrusion. They're looking at solutions that are focused on the coming threats and the threats that seem to be growing today versus yesterday's problems. I think our forward-facing cybersecurity solutions, you know, play well in that dynamic. As we all know, cybersecurity attacks are still successful. There was news this week of yet another one, you know, big company, you know, getting attacked. I think it goes to show that, you know, we're not winning the war yet against, you know, some of these adversaries. Great. Well, thanks for answering my questions, and I wish you guys good luck. Thank you. Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Aaron Warwick with Breakout Investors. Please go ahead. Hey, good evening. I'm sorry, I had a problem, technical difficulty getting on the call, and I got on at the very end of when you were talking about strategic partnerships and some delays. Could you cover that again for me in a little quick detail? Sure. Well, I think the bottom line of this is I hope to announce a major strategic partnership, you know, by the end of the third quarter. In my comments, I said, you know, I think the macroeconomic conditions are creating an environment where those conversations have slowed down a little bit. Just to add a little color, one of the partners we were talking to had a staff reduction of almost 50% in the team that was talking with us. You know, I think it means that in major tech companies, and you're seeing this in the market broadly, most of them are not having a great time right now, and that puts a lot of pressure on internal teams and I think also limits the kinds of relationships that they're willing to engage in. I'm seeing that firsthand. That said, nobody has said, "Go away. We don't wanna talk to you anymore." Our conversations will continue. You know, we will announce something in due time when it's done. I'm still pursuing those with vigor, and I'm still hopeful that we'll be able to get one done. The timing is just a little more uncertain than I would say I felt it was going to be, you know, three or four months ago. Okay. Well, it was good. On a positive note, I guess it was good to hear about the deepening of the relationship with Supermicro. Could you talk about that a little bit more? I mean, specifically, I guess from the perspective, I know they do a lot of white box offerings. I know they have an international presence. And what does this kind of open up for you guys, I guess, in terms of opportunities? Yeah. Well, they, you know, Supermicro builds a lot of platforms and, you know, there's a platform for a lot of open source solutions. They've got great penetration in the small, medium market. You know, increasingly as there's cost pressure, you know, on IT budgets and so on, they're gonna be a great alternative to, you know, some of the higher priced solutions that, you know, are there in the market. Our ability to partner with them and be a part of the portfolio that they can offer their customers, I think is, you know, good for us and I think good for them as well. You know, they wanted to broaden their offerings and I think we're a very good partner for them in that respect. Good. Thank you for that. Final one from me, I guess, would just be as it relates more to the government side. Have you guys been looking into being added to the GSA schedule or being added to things like the Department of Homeland Security in terms of the offerings that they're able to accept? Yeah. We'll go on initially as a sub to other offerings, not directly, but we are working on also being on directly as well. The most immediate occurrence will be as a sub to other offerings. Is that on like for both departments or is it just the GSA? Yeah -or what's GSA, NASA SEWP, and DoD are our three primary targets. Excellent. Thanks. Thank you, Tony. Appreciate it. Thanks. Our final question will come from the line of P. Ross Taylor with ARS Investment Partners. Thank you, and congratulations on getting the cash burn down. Tony, real quick, just to pick up on an answer you just gave to Aaron. You said you'd be a sub to other offerings. That sounds very much like you already know who those other offerings are and you're in the process of getting approval or getting put into those offerings. Is that a correct way to read that? That is correct, yes. What needs to be done to cross that bridge? It sounds like that could be and that could either be a forever or it could be a very quick, short bridge to cross. How long do you think it takes before you get those- Yeah. The normal process would be a proposal goes in, you know, and the prime contractor lists the subs that they wanna use or could participate in that particular contract. Once it's awarded, then, you know, the prime becomes responsible for the relationship. As we mentioned, there's a CR right now, so we're not expecting any new contracts until after the CRs get ended and normal funding occurs. As in every year where there's been CRs, you know, there ends up building a lot of demand behind the dam, if you will. As soon as the CR ends, then, you know, contracts start to flow. We hope to be on a number of those new contracts when the dam finally gets released. I read that as you saying that those, since they're in that process and are being held up by the CR, which I guess we've had 15 of them in the last 20 budget years. Exactly you already have the prime that has put the contracts in, and you've already basically worked with the prime, the prime is intending to include you in that. Is that? Yeah, we have some, and we're working on a whole heck of a bunch more, so is the way I would characterize that. You know, we're in a handful today, and I wanna be in multiple handfuls within the next year. Have you announced those primes that you're working with? Are they already customers, or are they people who, at this point in time, we do not know are gonna be working with you? We've not made any announcements in that regard, at this point, no. What they're going for is specific contracts. When we get out of this CR, and these get approved, this could be a fairly significant revenue ramp and, quite honestly, proof point. Although I think it's becoming less of a concern for many investors as to whether or not the Shield works, it would be a massive proof point as you get these contracts out. It sounds like you've already won those primes over on the value of Shield. Would that be correct? I'd say that's true. I think the one caveat I would say is that in most of these cases, there's competitive bidding going on. If our prime, the one we selected, doesn't win the contract, then, you know, neither do we. You know, we'll see over time how many of these end up being winning contracts versus, you know, ones that are not winning. That's always a little hard to tell, as you can guess. That's o ur goal is to. Yeah. Our goal is to have more at-bats than we've historically had, and I think we're well-positioned to do that. Talk about the competitive landscape for people doing what you do. How? You know, in the past it was said this was a fairly unique thing. Does it still remain? Is there anyone else who's offering a product like what you're offering? Are the people bidding for these contracts using a totally different approach to provide? You know, you've said before that basically, Shield is almost prima facie a zero-day defense, cloud defense that's, you know, very unique. Is that the case, or other people are offering what you would consider an inferior defense? Well, I think, you know, it's a question of two things. One is there is nobody else like us that we can find, you know, that has this sort of reputation-based approach and the really large database that we have. There's nobody that comes close. We think we're at least 10 times bigger than, you know, the next closest guys. We think that, you know, offers a real strong advantage. There are others who claim that their solutions are effective because they use, you know, things, and these are all, you know, great buzzwords in the industry today, machine learning, AI, behavior-based analytics. You know, the list kind of goes on and on and on. We still think our solution is more effective than those, you know, kinds of approaches. The fact that we don't rely strictly on signatures or fingerprints or some known set of behavior that we've seen before is, I think, unique in the marketplace. You know, time will tell. Right now we're still a little-known company, and you know, our biggest effort is to speak with a louder voice and get more exposure so that people can learn what we do and try us out and provide additional references and things like that. We keep looking around to try to see if there's anybody, you know, doing what we do. You know, while there are some companies that are starting to gather the kind of data that we have, they can't get the 30-year history that we already have. It's just not gonna. It's not possible. We still think, you know, there's unique value there and one that gives us a leg up. Put a different way, by the time they have a 30-year history, you'll have a 60-year. One of the ways that an investor like me judges companies like you, where it's hard to truly understand the nature of the dynamics of the product, is by finding who you ally with. You know, we were early into Zscaler because of the relationship they had with Microsoft. When we know the names of your primes, when we know the names of your strategic partners, will we- Yes be impressed by them? Well, impressed. I hope so, but you'll know the names for sure. They'll be significant players in the space. That's our goal, yes. Okay. What kind of work do those guys do, those firms do to prove out your product? Well, we picked ones in each different spaces. Some have one has products that we would integrate with, one has services that we would integrate with, as an example. At the moment, we were not talking to multiple versions of each of those. You know, we picked a leading product company and a leading services company and thought that was our best shot after looking at gaps that they had in their offerings. I will say that if things stay slow, I will probably broaden our conversation to more companies than we're currently talking to. It would seem that if you do have this truly unique product, it would make a great deal of sense to effectively kind of create. You know, you're gnna play with one player in each space. It would make sense to actually create a little bit of a race or a hustle for it because, you know, you, if people start to recognize that this is what it appears to be, there should be a landslide pushing towards it. I just want to say, I think that I could talk at greater length. It's six o'clock. I think people are certainly tired of hearing me speak. They probably aren't tired of hearing you. Yeah. My only comment, Ross, would be, I chose one because of the impact on resources. You know, these conversations take, you know, people, engineers, you know, blah, blah. I didn't wanna dilute our resources, you know, broadly. I chose a more focused approach and, you know, we'll see what happens as time marches on here. That was a deliberate choice initially. by the same measure, the people who are partnering you with these potential deals, with the government have also committed resources and have decided after peering- Sure The resources that they want to include you in their package. They're willing to bet their reputations on yours. Actually reminds me. Yeah A lot of years ago, I made a lot of money on a company called Albany International, which developed a new way to make fan blades for jet engines. When Boeing said that they were gonna use them as a sole engine, people thought I was crazy, but they actually. You know, there are leading edge technologies that come from companies you never think could have them, so. That's right. That's exactly right. Well, congratulations. Thank you. I sense that there's a lot more going on here than you're letting on. It's pretty exciting, I think, just picking up some of this stuff that some of these doors Aaron opened. Thank you very much. I'll talk to you later. Thank you. With that, I'll turn the conference back over to management for any closing remarks. Well, again, I would just like to say thank you to our investors and analysts and all those who are paying attention to us. For me, it's coming up on our one-year anniversary of joining the company, and I'm quite proud of the team. I'm quite proud of the work that we've been able to do this year. I'm even more excited about what the next year will bring. Appreciate your going on the journey with us. Stay tuned. We'll have, I think, more exciting news for you in the coming weeks and months. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, that will conclude today's call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect.