With information gathered from assets in the underground (involved with the dark web) and conversations with federal authorities, investigations disclosed that, while there is no specific group actively targeting the cannabis industry, there are hackers focusing on three areas within the Seed to Sale lifecycle: research and extraction; growing; and consumption and retail operations. Investigations […]
Seed-to Sale
Seed-to-Sale Scorecard: A Look at 2016 and Beyond
By Rob Meagher Back in late January 2016, CBE published its first Seed-to-Sale state and local government scorecard to take a look at what appeared to have become a three-horse race based on those up-to-date results. We projected that the competition for local and state government traceability systems (seed-to-sale) and point of sale (POS) software would heat up in […]
Converting from Medical to Recreational in the Retail Cannabis Space
Oregon officially launched its OLCC-regulated recreational cannabis program last fall, and while some Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) licensees are new businesses, many have converted from the medical program. With most states enacting medical programs for years before adult use was legalized, this process of medical licensees becoming recreational licensees will soon repeat as other […]
Why Seed-to-Sale Tracking is No Longer Good Enough
There’s been so much discussion lately about cannabis seed-to-sale tracking. This catchphrase is used to describe the process of tracking plants and their by-products from initial planting through…  There’s been so much discussion lately about cannabis seed-to-sale tracking. This catchphrase is used to describe the process of tracking plants and their by-products from initial planting […]
