Given that barriers to entry and advancement in the cybersecurity industry often include the lack of role models, challenges related to work-life balance, unconscious bias and inadequate support, out-of-the-box solutions are needed.Having been launched in 2018 by Mandiant, Elevate is an initiative that tackles these challenges by accelerating diversity in cybersecurity, because the best minds are required in this field, according to Erin Joe (pictured, right), senior executive for cybersecurity/readiness in the office of the chief information security officer at Mandiant, a Google LLC company