Crisis Preparedness
Customized tabletop exercises, readiness reviews, disclosure rehearsals, and restore validation help boards and response teams understand their roles before a real cyber incident unfolds.
Prepare your board, executives, and response leaders for high-stakes cyber events with advisory support built for clarity, escalation, and defensible decisions. Tyson Martin helps organizations rehearse crisis roles, tighten disclosure readiness, validate response plans, and translate technical risk into business impact before an incident forces decisions under pressure.
Board-ready advisory, crisis preparation, and executive cyber risk services for stronger decisions under pressure.
Customized tabletop exercises, readiness reviews, disclosure rehearsals, and restore validation help boards and response teams understand their roles before a real cyber incident unfolds.
Independent board and C-suite advisory provides plain-English cyber, AI, and technology risk reporting, between-meeting guidance, and validation of security program messaging.
Short-term executive security leadership stabilizes teams during CISO departures, audit pressure, incidents, or rising threats with prioritized risk triage and board-ready dashboards.
One-page, plain-English cyber risk updates replace jargon-heavy presentations with decision-focused reporting on business impact, disclosure obligations, vendor concentration, and exposure.
Security maturity assessments identify gaps, validate whether spend reduces risk, and produce scorecards, remediation roadmaps, ownership assignments, and oversight cadence recommendations.
Technology risk appetite setting helps boards define unacceptable risk thresholds, clarify decision rights, and monitor cyber exposure through defensible governance metrics.
We identify who makes which decisions during a cyber crisis, from technical containment to legal disclosure and board escalation. This creates decision rights that hold up when facts are incomplete and pressure is high.
Advisory insight shaped by security leadership across enterprise, retail, cloud, and governance environments.
Independent executive-level cyber guidance built for boards, operators, and regulated organizations.
Plain-English reporting turns cyber noise into business impact, decisions, and accountable next steps.
Background includes security and technology transformation across AWS and global retail brands.
CISSP and ISC2 leadership credentials support credible oversight, governance, and risk advisory work.
Tabletop exercises, escalation thresholds, and disclosure rehearsals prepare leaders before incidents become public.
Independent board advisor and fractional security 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.
Cyber Crisis Management & Advisory Services help boards, executives, legal teams, and security leaders prepare for and manage the decisions surrounding a cyber incident. The work typically includes tabletop exercises, incident response readiness reviews, escalation planning, disclosure rehearsal, board reporting, and independent guidance on governance, risk appetite, and executive communication.
Talk through your board, executive, or incident readiness needs.
Globally respected cybersecurity leadership credential.
Recognized cybersecurity professional association credential.
Active contributor to director governance discussions.
Share your current board, executive, or incident readiness challenge and receive guidance on the right advisory path, from tabletop exercises to interim leadership or board risk support.
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.