Your virtual CISO. Board‑ready from day one.
Fractional CSO advisory for enterprises. Product and go-to-market strategy for cybersecurity companies. Quantified risk. Board-ready strategy. Operator-led.
Which path is yours?
Pick the conversation you need to have.
Three advisory practices for operators, builders, and deal teams.
I'm running enterprise security.
Brief the board, govern risk, strengthen resilience, and lead the program without adding another full-time seat.
For CEOs, CROs, CSOs, CIOs, CTOs, boards
I'm building a cyber product.
Validate product and roadmap decisions, sharpen positioning, and build credible design-partner programs.
For Pre-Series A through Series D founders and product teams
M&A cyber diligence on active deals.
A 5-day Initial Risk Review, investment committee reporting, insurance guidance, and a practical 100-day security plan.
The Operator
Not a consultant. The buyer.
From 2007 to 2021, Nick defended Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the innovation economy — fifteen years in the most-attacked seat in finance, and security never became the story. Today he advises Fortune 500 boards, PE/VC sponsors, and the cybersecurity companies shaping what comes next.
I learned at five years old that the KGB had bugged our Moscow apartment. Security stopped being abstract that day.
Nick Shevelyov, Founder
The Platform
Tools built around the decision.
Theodolite structures security evidence and control posture. VTC turns a cybersecurity product’s value into a defensible buyer business case.
Theodolite
Customer-side findings, control implementation, top priorities, and clearly separated financial reference context.
VTC Calculator
Turn a cybersecurity product’s value into a defensible business case, reusable calculator, and customer-ready report.
Field reports
Trusted by CTOs, founders, and boards.
7 named operators and boards, on the record.
