Rich is the Chief Technology Officer at Tidal Cyber. Prior to co-founding Tidal, Rich
created, co-founded and served as the Director of the Center for Threat-Informed
Defense at MITRE. Rich also served as the Chief Strategist for Cyber Threat
Intelligence at The MITRE Corporation, leading the effort to improve cyber defense by
better understanding the adversary’s tactics and techniques. Richard also founded and
co-chaired the Cyber Threat Intelligence Technical Committee within OASIS, an
international standards development organization.
Before coming to MITRE, Richard served as the Chief Advanced Technology Officer for
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and
Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). Richard is the creator of the STIX and
TAXII automated information sharing initiatives which have been widely adopted across
the public and private sectors.