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Here's a question every cyber vendor should be asking: How many CISOs actually know your name? Not your company name. Your name. The founder. The person behind the product. Most early-stage cyber companies throw money at conferences, that are really just glorified email lists. They come home with badge scans and call it pipeline. But here's the truth: CISOs talk to each other. And if your name doesn't come up in those conversations, your booth isn't on their mind. Trident Connect exists because we saw the gap between where founders spend their money and where deals actually start. Deals start in trust. And trust starts in rooms that aren't trying to sell anything. Here's what we've built: 🟣A CISO Advisory Board of 30+ security leaders who advise founders on product, positioning, and GTM before they ever hit the market 🟣Weekly one-to-one CISO calls. Not introductions for the sake of it. Matched conversations between founders and the exact buyers they need to reach 🟣Roundtables where security leaders share what's actually keeping them up at night, not the polished version they give on a panel 🟣Direct introductions between CISOs and early-stage vendors that turn into design partnerships, reference customers, and real revenue This quarter alone:  74 CISO calls.  20+ direct founder-to-CISO introductions.  Multiple design partnerships across our portfolio. None of that is random. It came from years of earning the trust of a community that gets pitched to every single day and chooses to ignore most of it. The CISO community doesn't want to be sold to.  They want to be part of something that respects their time, their insight, and their influence. That's what Trident Connect is. Not just an events business or marketing channel, it's a bridge between the people building the future of security and the people who decide what gets adopted. If you're a cyber security founder and your go-to-market still relies on outbound and conferences alone, there's a better model. Talk to our Connect team: Charlee-Ben Ryman and Aymun L. #TridentConnect #CISO #CyberSecurity #Community #GTM #Founders

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