Board Risk Advisor
An ongoing independent voice for boards and executives, providing plain-English reporting, between-meeting access, CISO report validation, and monitoring of regulatory and threat developments.
Tyson Martin helps boards, audit committees, and executive teams turn technology, cyber, and AI risk into clear decisions. Through independent advisory, board-ready reporting, risk appetite setting, and governance frameworks, organizations gain fewer surprises, faster escalation, and defensible oversight. Services support enterprise and regulated organizations navigating transformation, incidents, M&A, modernization, and increasing regulatory scrutiny across the United States.
Independent advisory and governance services help boards clarify technology, cyber, and AI risk while strengthening executive accountability.
An ongoing independent voice for boards and executives, providing plain-English reporting, between-meeting access, CISO report validation, and monitoring of regulatory and threat developments.
Translate technical security issues into business impact through a concise board update, practical metrics dictionary, quarterly cadence, and coaching for stronger CISO communication.
Build formal AI oversight with risk registers, decision rights, board reporting, employee and generative-AI policies, and recurring governance reviews. This service does not build or deploy models.
Define and monitor the thresholds at which technology and cyber risk becomes unacceptable, supported by a written appetite statement, metrics, decision rights, and review cadence.
Evaluate security maturity, identify gaps, validate whether spending reduces risk, and create board-ready metrics, ownership assignments, exception tracking, and a prioritized remediation roadmap.
Prepare boards, executives, and response teams through tabletop exercises, incident readiness reviews, disclosure rehearsal, backup and restore validation, and an after-action improvement plan.
Enterprise risk management should help directors make decisions, not overwhelm them with technical detail. Tyson Martin connects technology, cyber, and AI exposure to business impact, decision rights, escalation thresholds, and accountable execution. For United States organizations facing regulatory scrutiny, M&A, incidents, or modernization, this creates credible reporting and a defensible governance posture without slowing business operations.
Leadership experience across AWS and global brands informs practical, board-level risk governance and transformation advice.
"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 perspective, clear reporting, and practical decision support for complex enterprise risk.
Receive an objective perspective separate from day-to-day security operations, vendors, and internal reporting pressures.
Turn technical exposure into plain-English business impact, decisions, escalation thresholds, and accountable delegation.
Apply lessons from security and technology transformation across AWS and global brands, including Home Depot and Best Buy.
Build inspectable execution, stable metrics, and priorities that support United States boards and regulated organizations.
Independent board advisor and fractional technology risk executive.
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.
Enterprise risk management services connect organizational objectives with the identification, evaluation, ownership, monitoring, and escalation of material risks. In this practice, the focus is technology, cyber, AI, third-party, and operational governance. Work may include risk appetite, board reporting, decision rights, maturity assessment, crisis preparation, and remediation priorities so directors and executives can oversee risk with greater clarity.
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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.