Board Advisory for Technology, Cybersecurity, AI, and Risk Decisions

Technology risk is no longer separate from business risk

Cybersecurity is still a major board concern, but now it is tied to AI, third parties, resilience, execution, and trust. Many boards know the stakes are rising, yet still lack the time, visibility, or specialized judgment to govern these issues with confidence.

That is where risk gets expensive.

Weak reporting. Unclear ownership. Messy vendor dependence. Stalled transformation. Leadership gaps. Board tension. A company that knows something is off, but cannot see clearly enough to act with confidence.

When oversight lags the risk, decisions get harder

Tyson helps boards and CEOs cut through noise, clarify what matters, and improve the quality of the decisions that shape growth, resilience, and trust.

He steps in when technology has become too important, too risky, and too intertwined with business performance to be managed casually or discussed in vague terms.

Who Tyson works with

Tyson works with boards, founders, CEOs, and executive teams facing moments where stronger technology and risk oversight matters.

This often includes mid-market and larger organizations with no true board-level cyber expertise, companies preparing for acquisition, organizations in transition, businesses recovering from a technology or cybersecurity failure, companies adopting new technology faster than their oversight model can handle, and boards dealing with weak reporting or leadership gaps.

Top rated by 100+ clients

★★★★★

What Tyson helps leaders do

• Board cyber and AI risk advisory

• Board education and briefing sessions

• Decision-rights and oversight design

• Executive technology risk advisory during transition

• Independent board service for boards that need stronger technology, cyber, and AI governance judgment

What changes when the right clarity is in the room

Leadership teams get better ownership and decision stucture

Boards get a clearer view of what matters

Risk becomes easier to discuss in business terms

Reporting becomes more useful

The next step becomes easier to see and easier to defend

Why Tyson Martin

Tyson brings executive and advisory experience across technology, cybersecurity, governance, and high-stakes operating environments. His background includes advising boards, CEOs, and security leaders, serving as a CEO, CISO, CTO, and CIO in complex organizations, and helping leadership teams make decisions that hold up under pressure. Tyson’s profile includes experience at AWS, The Home Depot, Best Buy, Orvis, ISC2, Norwich University, NRF, and NACD Directorship Certification.

He does not show up as a technician trying to prove how much he knows. He shows up as a steady advisor who helps leaders see clearly, ask better questions, and move with more confidence.

"Tyson Martin embodies what modern boardrooms need: a leader who brings clarity, credibility, and strategic foresight to every technology conversation. Tyson is what every Board is seeking, someone who understands technology and can interpret and speak to Boards with a message Boards can understand. In doing so, Tyson doesn’t just support governance, he elevates it."

Greg Griffith

Senior Director, Partnerships and Corporate Development - NACD

A simple way to move forward

Step 2 - Strengthen oversight and decision structure

Improve reporting, define decision rights, and sharpen the board and leadership conversation.

Step 3 - Make the next defensible decision

Move forward with greater clarity, stronger governance, and less guesswork.

Step 1 - Clarify what matters most

Get clear on where visibility is weak, ownership is unclear, and risk or execution is drifting.

Start with a decision-clarity call

This is not a generic intro call. It is a short working session designed to help surface where the real issue sits behind the noise, what needs attention now, and what decision comes next.