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The sea stays relentless. Cybercrime moves with the same cold persistence. Security teams feel that pull every day, tide after tide, alert after alert. Tidal Cyber has launched Waves of Influence, a thought-leadership program designed for candid CISO dialogue. The program frames “the future of cybersecurity” as a problem leaders solve together, in quiet rooms, away from the noise. It centers on off-the-record dinners that invite senior security decision-makers to compare notes on shifting threats, defensive priorities, and durable risk reduction. “Life is as inexorable as the sea.” — Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Cybersecurity Leadership
“Security leaders today are navigating constant change, increasing complexity, and growing accountability,” said Rick Gordon, CEO of Tidal Cyber. “Waves of Influence creates a trusted forum where CISOs can step away from the noise and have honest, strategic conversations about what truly drives resilience.”
Waves Of Influence Sets An Off-The-Record Table
Tidal Cyber will host dinners in cities across the United States, bringing together CISOs and other security leaders. The company says the program is designed to avoid promotion and instead focus on peer discussions, not product pitches. Leaders will talk about changes in security, common challenges, and the pressures they face.
Threat-Led Defense Anchors The Agenda
The dinners will focus on how threats are changing. Tidal Cyber will also highlight its Threat-Led Defense model, which uses intelligence based on attacker procedures. This approach maps out the steps attackers take, from gaining access to causing harm. Tidal Cyber believes this level of detail helps teams take stronger actions. The aim is to disrupt attackers and lower the chances of a successful attack.
Rick Howard Moderates First-Principles Debate
Cybersecurity author Rick Howard will lead and moderate all sessions. He wrote Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics, and he founded First Principles Consulting and the CyberCanon Project.
“Some of the most important progress in cybersecurity comes from better thinking, not just new tools,” Howard said. “Waves of Influence is about bringing leaders together to challenge assumptions, learn from one another, and refocus on first principles that lead to meaningful, long-term risk reduction.”
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What Cyber Insurers Should Watch
Tidal Cyber connects the program to long-term, results-focused risk reduction. This approach matches what underwriters look for in risk-based security controls and residual risk. For insurers, peer benchmarks can help shape questionnaires, claims analysis, and plans for improving security.
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