Advisory Services for High-Consequence Decisions

Capital Markets and Board Decisions

Capital Markets Cyber-Governance Review

For companies preparing for an IPO, uplisting, financing, investor diligence, annual reporting or a significant transaction.

The decision it supports

Can management and the board explain how cybersecurity and operational risk are governed—and defend that explanation under scrutiny?

May include

• SEC Item 106 governance alignment

• Board and committee oversight review

• Disclosure-process assessment

• Cyber-risk register review

• Incident-materiality decision framework

• Executive and investor briefing materials

• Prioritized governance roadmap

Transaction and Investor Risk Review

For buyers, sellers, investors, lenders and companies preparing for M&A or strategic investment.

The decision it supports

Could cyber, operational, supplier or national-security exposure affect valuation, deal certainty or post-close execution?

May include

• Targeted diligence review

• Material-risk identification

• Third-party and operational dependency assessment

• National-security and government-customer considerations

• Management-question framework

• Executive findings memorandum

Defense and Industrial-Base Decisions

Defense Supplier Readiness Review

For small and midsized businesses entering or remaining in the defense supply chain.

The decision it supports

Can the company respond credibly to customer, prime-contractor and government cybersecurity expectations without allowing compliance activity to overwhelm the business?

May include

• FCI and CUI scoping

• CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 readiness

• Policy and evidence review

• SPRS and affirmation support

• Accountability mapping

• Remediation roadmap

• Executive readiness briefing

Strategic Supply-Chain Risk Review

For prime contractors, subcontractors, manufacturers and critical-material companies facing increased sourcing and supplier-transparency requirements.

The decision it supports

Can the company identify where its critical materials, components, software and operational dependencies originate—and demonstrate that material risks are being governed?

May include

• Critical-supplier inventory and tier mapping

• Material and component dependency review

• Financial viability and concentration screening

• Foreign ownership and influence considerations

• Manufacturing-capacity and sole-source assessment

• Mitigation and corrective-action tracking

• Executive and board reporting framework

Operational and Resilience Decisions

Executive Tabletop Exercise

For leadership teams preparing for a cyber incident, operational disruption, vendor failure, supply interruption or disclosure-triggering event.

The decision it supports

Does leadership know who will decide, what information will be needed and how the organization will respond under pressure?

May include

• Custom scenario design

• Facilitated executive session

• Decision and escalation log

• Disclosure and stakeholder injects

• Observed gaps

• Governance recommendations

Third-Party and Operational Dependency Review

For companies dependent on technology providers, managed services, cloud platforms, contractors, engineering partners or OT vendors.

The decision it supports

Which external relationships could disrupt operations, expose information or undermine a contract or transaction?

May include

• Critical-vendor inventory

• SOC report and control review

• Remote-access and data-flow assessment

• Operational-dependency mapping

• Supplier concentration analysis

• Executive risk summary

Strategic Intelligence

Executive Strategic-Risk Briefing

For leadership teams that need to understand how changing policy, government capital, procurement, commodity markets and cyber requirements affect their business.

The decision it supports

Which external developments require action—and which are simply noise?

May include

• Federal capital and procurement analysis

• Critical-mineral and defense-policy monitoring

• Company or sector risk review

• Board-ready briefing

• Decision implications

• Recurring strategic updates

Agricultural Security and Rural Infrastructure Decisions

Agricultural Security Readiness Review

For agricultural producers, processors, cooperatives, infrastructure operators and technology-dependent businesses across Wyoming and the Mountain West.

The decision it supports
Can the organization continue operating through a cyber incident, technology failure, supplier disruption or other event affecting the systems, infrastructure and third parties essential to production?

May include

• Governance and accountability review

• Cybersecurity and operational-technology risk assessment

• Critical system and operational-dependency mapping

• Vendor, contractor and remote-access review

• Incident-response and escalation readiness

• Business-continuity and operational-recovery planning

• Physical, cyber and food-security dependency review

• Executive and board risk briefing

The review is particularly relevant to fertilizer and chemical producers, grain and storage operations, meat and food processors, agricultural cooperatives, irrigation and water systems, technology-enabled livestock operations, agricultural equipment and automation companies, precision-agriculture businesses, cold-chain and logistics providers, rural utilities, seed and genetics companies, and agricultural commodity processors.

In Wyoming and across the Mountain West, agriculture does not operate independently. Energy, water, transportation, communications, technology and supply chains are deeply interconnected. Sturnella helps leadership identify where those dependencies create operational risk—and determine which risks require action before disruption occurs.

Not Sure Where to Start?

Start with the decision in front of you.

If the board needs confidence, begin with a Capital Markets Cyber-Governance Review.

If a federal or prime-contractor requirement is driving the need, begin with a Defense Supplier Readiness Review.

If sourcing and supplier visibility are the concern, begin with a Strategic Supply-Chain Risk Review.

If leadership needs to prepare for disruption, begin with an Executive Tabletop Exercise.

If the issue crosses several categories, schedule a Strategic Risk Conversation.

Sturnella’s role is to make complex risk easier to understand, easier to govern and easier to defend when boards, investors, customers, regulators, insurers, lenders or transaction counterparties begin asking harder questions.

Sturnella helps leadership teams connect capital, cyber, operational and supply-chain risk before those risks affect a contract, transaction, financing, disclosure or production outcome.

Our engagements are designed for executives, boards, legal teams, investors and operators who need focused, independent advice and not an open-ended consulting project or another technical report.