Fractional CISO Services
Ongoing part-time security leadership covering strategy, risk roadmaps, policy ownership, board reporting, program oversight, and executive accountability without requiring a full-time CISO.
Give boards and executive teams clearer oversight of cloud, cyber, and technology risk. Tyson Martin provides strategic advisory, fractional and interim executive leadership, board-ready reporting, AI governance, crisis preparedness, and decision frameworks that support defensible action without slowing business operations. Services are designed for organizations navigating regulatory scrutiny, transformation, incidents, M&A, or growing technology complexity.
Strategic leadership, governance, reporting, and preparedness for boards, executives, and organizations managing complex cyber risk.
Ongoing part-time security leadership covering strategy, risk roadmaps, policy ownership, board reporting, program oversight, and executive accountability without requiring a full-time CISO.
Build practical AI oversight through risk registers, decision rights, board reporting, employee policies, and governance reviews that help executives address emerging AI exposure responsibly.
Receive an independent voice on cyber, AI, and technology risk through plain-English reporting, between-meeting access, CISO reporting validation, and regulatory monitoring.
Stabilize security leadership during a CISO departure, audit event, or rising threat environment with prioritized risk triage, incident readiness, control review, and board dashboards.
Replace jargon-heavy presentations with concise board updates that connect technical exposure to business impact, disclosure obligations, vendor concentration, and executive decisions.
Prepare directors, executives, and response teams through customized tabletop exercises, incident readiness reviews, disclosure rehearsal, and backup and restore validation.
Cloud and technology risk become harder to govern as organizations grow, adopt AI, manage vendors, and face increasing board accountability. Tyson Martin helps translate technical conditions into business decisions, clear ownership, stable metrics, and defensible priorities. Whether support is needed through a fractional executive role, board advisory retainer, or focused governance engagement, the work is designed to improve oversight without slowing operations.
Experience spanning enterprise security transformation, board governance, cloud innovation, and technology leadership.
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"We recently worked with Tyson Martin on an engagement, and it was a great experience. He helped us run a full technical audit, identified key gaps, and created a clear plan to modernize our systems and processes. Tyson is hands-on, easy to work with, and brings real technical and leadership..."
"Tyson's impact has been immediately clear. Before working with him, we were struggling with outdated processes that created inefficiencies across our organization, and his unbiased third party perspective helped us quickly identify issues and develop a clear, actionable plan for improvement. Based on our experience so far, I would recommend..."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"We recently worked with Tyson Martin on an engagement, and it was a great experience. He helped us run a full technical audit, identified key gaps, and created a clear plan to modernize our systems and processes. Tyson is hands-on, easy to work with, and brings real technical and leadership..."
"Tyson's impact has been immediately clear. Before working with him, we were struggling with outdated processes that created inefficiencies across our organization, and his unbiased third party perspective helped us quickly identify issues and develop a clear, actionable plan for improvement. Based on our experience so far, I would recommend..."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"We recently worked with Tyson Martin on an engagement, and it was a great experience. He helped us run a full technical audit, identified key gaps, and created a clear plan to modernize our systems and processes. Tyson is hands-on, easy to work with, and brings real technical and leadership..."
"Tyson's impact has been immediately clear. Before working with him, we were struggling with outdated processes that created inefficiencies across our organization, and his unbiased third party perspective helped us quickly identify issues and develop a clear, actionable plan for improvement. Based on our experience so far, I would recommend..."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
"What sets Tyson apart is his ability to translate cybersecurity into strategic growth language for boards. He builds frameworks that don't just mitigate risk, they enable competitive advantage. He's exactly who you want guiding your organization in high-trust environments."
Independent guidance for leaders who need clearer oversight, credible reporting, and executable security decisions.
Translate technical risk into concise business impact, decisions, ownership, and board-ready communication.
Draw on leadership experience across AWS and global brands including Home Depot and Best Buy.
Validate security reporting and priorities without selling tools, operating a SOC, or replacing management accountability.
Establish decision rights, escalation thresholds, stable metrics, and priorities leaders can inspect and execute.
Independent cyber and technology leadership for boards and executive teams.
Board Advisor, Interim CISO/CIO/CDO, Fractional Executive
Tyson Martin helps boards and executive teams reduce technology and cyber risk without slowing business operations by clarifying decision rights, tightening governance, and building inspectable execution frameworks. He serves as a board advisor, director candidate, and steps in as interim or fractional CISO, CIO, or Chief Digital Officer when organizations need stability quickly. His background includes leading security and technology transformation across enterprise environments at AWS and global brands such as Home Depot and Best Buy. He brings particular expertise in helping Chicago-area organizations navigate the complex regulatory requirements across financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors. Tyson is an active contributor to the National Association of Corporate Directors, serves on the National Retail Federation CISO Executive Committee, contributes to the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity, and served as ISC2 Richmond Board President. He holds CISSP certification and has completed executive programs at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard Business School, MIT, and through leading technology companies including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Services may include fractional or interim CISO leadership, board risk advising, cloud and technology governance, AI risk oversight, cyber risk briefings, crisis preparedness, program assessments, and third-party risk reporting. The focus is executive clarity: translating technical exposure into business impact, assigning ownership, establishing decision rights, and giving boards and management information they can use to make defensible decisions.
Talk through your board, executive, cloud, or cyber risk priorities.
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Share your leadership, governance, or board oversight needs and discuss a focused path forward.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 (802) 430-9200. You can also send us a quick email at tyson.martin@gmail.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 (802) 430-9200. You can also send us a quick email at tyson.martin@gmail.com.