{"id":47,"date":"2026-01-28T16:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewave88.com\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:22:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewave88.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;#189aef 0%|#041c6f 100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;100px|0px|100px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|600||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Who we are<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Poppins||||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><b>Building the benchmark the market does not yet have.<\/b><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wave88 is an independent research initiative defining what measurable trust<\/strong><br \/><strong>means for cybersecurity. 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