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Independent Security and AI Perspective at the Board and Advisory Level

Boards are now accountable for cybersecurity and AI risk, but few have a member who has actually run these programs. Regulators expect documented oversight, investors ask pointed diligence questions, and management teams need a sounding board who has been in the room when an incident, an audit, or a product-security decision went sideways. Board & Advisory Services put that experience on your board, your advisory board, or your leadership team — without a full-time hire.

At SNM Consulting Inc., Aruneesh Salhotra serves as an advisory board member for security and AI companies including VirSec, Strategio, ICPS, and Dazz, and advises founders and investors on cybersecurity and AI strategy. He brings a practitioner's lens — Certified C-CISO and CISSP, contributor to the OWASP AI Exchange and OWASP AIBOM, and a speaker at RSA, OWASP, SINET, and the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Why Bring Security and AI onto Your Board

The oversight bar has moved, and the gap shows up in the same places:

  • Directors Are Accountable, Not Just Informed — SEC disclosure rules, the EU AI Act, and cyber-insurance underwriting all expect the board to demonstrate active, competent oversight of cyber and AI risk.
  • Management Reports, No One Challenges — Without a director or advisor who knows the domain, board discussion of security and AI stays at the level of dashboards and reassurance.
  • Diligence Cuts Both Ways — Acquirers, investors, and enterprise customers probe security and AI governance early; a credible independent voice shortens those conversations.
  • Founders Need a Safe Sounding Board — Leadership teams benefit from someone outside the reporting line to pressure-test a roadmap, a vendor choice, or an incident response before it becomes a board issue.
  • Security and AI Vendors Need Operator Input — Companies building in this space need advisors who buy, deploy, and live with these tools, not just analysts who cover them.

Our Board & Advisory Services

Advisory Board Membership

We take a standing seat on your advisory board and contribute on a regular cadence.

Ongoing Advisory Engagement

  • Join advisory board meetings and contribute between meetings on strategy, roadmap, and go-to-market questions.
  • Act as a reference and door-opener within the security and AI practitioner community.

Product & Market Guidance for Security and AI Companies

  • Pressure-test positioning, messaging, and roadmap against how practitioners actually evaluate and adopt tools.
  • Provide candid feedback on where a product creates real value versus undifferentiated noise.

Board of Directors — Cyber & AI Oversight Support

We help the full board discharge its oversight duty with confidence.

Board Education & Briefings

  • Deliver plain-language briefings on the current cyber and AI threat landscape and what it means for your business.
  • Prepare directors for regulator, auditor, investor, and customer questions on security and AI governance.

Oversight Framework & Reporting Cadence

  • Define what the board should see each quarter — risk posture, roadmap progress, incidents, and open decisions.
  • Help structure audit or risk committee coverage of cyber and AI, including charter language and meeting agendas.

Independent Assurance

  • Provide the board with an independent read on management's security and AI program, separate from the internal reporting line.
  • Review incident post-mortems and major program decisions and report observations directly to the board.

Investor & Diligence Advisory

We give investors and corporate development teams an operator's read on security and AI risk.

Technical & Security Due Diligence

  • Assess a target's security posture, AI governance, and engineering practices during diligence.
  • Translate findings into deal-relevant terms: remediation cost, timeline, and risk to thesis.

Portfolio Advisory

  • Advise portfolio companies on standing up security and AI programs appropriate to their stage.
  • Help investors set consistent security and AI expectations across the portfolio.

Executive & Founder Advisory

We work directly with leadership as an outside advisor.

Strategic Sounding Board

  • Provide confidential, on-call advice to the CEO, CTO, CISO, or Head of AI on decisions before they reach the board.
  • Review roadmaps, org designs, vendor selections, and incident responses with fresh eyes.

Board Preparation

  • Help management prepare board materials on security and AI that anticipate the hard questions.
  • Coach first-time security and AI leaders on communicating with directors and executives.

How SNM Consulting Inc. Adds Value in the Boardroom

Partnering with SNM Consulting Inc. for Board & Advisory Services gives you:

  • Operator Experience, Not Just Coverage — Someone who has built and run security and AI programs, sat on advisory boards, and been through audits and incidents.
  • Independent Perspective — A voice outside the management reporting line that directors, investors, and founders can trust to be candid.
  • Regulatory and Standards Fluency — Direct familiarity with SEC disclosure expectations, the EU AI Act, NIST frameworks, and OWASP AI security work.
  • Practitioner Network — Connections across the security and AI community for hiring, references, and market insight.
  • Right-Sized Commitment — Advisory board seats, board committee support, or on-call executive advisory, scoped to what your organization actually needs.

By partnering with SNM Consulting Inc., you put seasoned security and AI judgment where the accountability now sits — in the boardroom and alongside your leadership team.