Our Mission

To redefine how cybersecurity and operational risk are understood within capital markets.

We envision a market environment where cyber exposure, national security sensitivity, and third-party risk are assessed with the same rigor as financial controls — integrated into board decision-making, regulatory disclosure, and transaction execution from the outset.

Sturnella aims to set the standard for independent cyber governance advisory in high-consequence sectors, where resilience, transparency, and capital access are inseparable.

Our vision

To provide independent, board-level oversight where cybersecurity, operational exposure, and capital markets execution intersect.

Sturnella advises resource, energy, defense, and growth-stage companies navigating IPOs, uplistings, acquisitions, and regulatory scrutiny — translating cyber and third-party risk into disclosure clarity, transaction certainty, and valuation protection.

We operate alongside counsel, underwriters, auditors, and transaction advisors to ensure governance precision in environments where operational risk becomes capital markets risk.

Cyber Governance for Critical Minerals, Energy Infrastructure, and Defense Supply Chains

Our team

Sydnie Beckman is the founder of Sturnella, an advisory firm focused on cyber governance, operational resilience, and risk management for critical minerals, energy infrastructure, and defense supply chains.

She advises executive teams and boards on cyber governance, SEC disclosure readiness, board reporting, third-party risk, operational technology governance, CMMC readiness, and strategic-industry risk.

Sturnella was built for companies operating where cyber risk intersects with capital markets, national security, operational resilience, and public accountability.