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Joe Sullivan Security offers flexible, expert-driven support for your most pressing strategic and security challenges. From 90-day sprints to long-term advisory, we help organizations build trust, drive innovation, and navigate risk—whether through independent guidance or tailored teams of specialists.
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Core areas
Joe Sullivan Security Consulting Specialties
Building Trust Through Strong Security Teams
Poor security is a liability—good security builds trust. Joe Sullivan Security helps companies transform their Security and IT practices into assets that inspire confidence. We support founders by assessing current practices, designing operational programs aligned with their vision, and providing hands-on help with recruiting, mentoring, and structuring high-performing security teams. Our approach ensures companies are equipped not just with technical expertise, but with professionals who can evaluate risks from multiple angles, adapt to complex environments, and remain resilient under pressure.
Crisis Management & Response
When a crisis hits, most security teams focus on containment — but few are equipped to lead the response itself. Joe brings decades of experience navigating high-stakes incidents, helping organizations respond swiftly, communicate effectively, and make the tough decisions that define leadership under pressure. From breach response to executive liability, Joe helps security leaders and their teams turn chaos into control.
Providing Executive Leadership Mentorship
Joe Sullivan Security offers trusted support for leaders navigating the pressures of fundraising, hiring, scaling, setting culture, and finding balance—drawing from firsthand experience at every stage of growth and leadership. We also help up and coming security leaders find their voice, build their executive presence, and develop strategic approaches to making positive change in their organization.
Next Generation Technologies Security
Rolling out next generation technologies—such as Robots or AI —introduces new layers of risk. Some resemble traditional security concerns, while others are entirely novel as we are dealing with operational technology security worth millions of dollars. Our team brings extensive experience to help companies expect and navigate these evolving challenges
Growth Advisory, Refining product roadmap, Capital Raise
Our team helps companies uncover gaps in product offerings, sharpen competitive positioning, and align roadmaps to what matters most. We offer clear, actionable guidance to strengthen customer experience and market impact including supporting founders in crafting effective pitches for capital raise efforts.
Advising Investors and Board Members
Joe provides expert advisory services, guiding investors to identify and fund the latest technology companies with growth potential, ensuring impactful investment decisions. He supports board members in helping companies navigate security challenges in the evolving digital landscape, from risk management and regulatory compliance to incident response and long-term resilience planning.
CASE STUDIES
Where Results Take Center Stage
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
Support for companies building at the edge of robotics, AI, and advanced hardware
Security for high-stakes environments where digital risk meets physical infrastructure
Helping teams protect innovation without slowing momentum
Next-Generation Energy Production and Storage
Partnering with clean energy innovators at the intersection of infrastructure, data, and AI
Building scalable security, IT, and AI functions that align with company vision
Supporting team design, talent strategy, and leadership development to enable growth
Defense and Dual-use Technology
Supporting innovators in national defense, critical infrastructure, and dual-use tech
Embedding security into product development and operations from day one
Enabling resilience, compliance, and trust while navigating risk in high-stakes environments
VC and Startup Ecosystem
Advising founders and investors with a strategic, security-informed perspective
Helping VCs assess emerging technologies, teams, and long-term risks
Guiding startups on product, GTM, trust-building, and navigating funding challenges
INDUSTRIES
Companies We've Worked With
Cybersecurity & AI
AI & Robotics
VC Funds
Wellness
Staffing and Recruiting
Finance and Web3
Renewable Energy
Digital Marketplaces
Pangea
Volt
Tag
Stack Rox
Breach RX
Seraphic
Atomic Machines
1X
Syn Ventures
Karman Ventures
Costanoa
Whoop
Noom
Volt
Jarsy
Magic Eden
Sunrun
Airbnb
Door Dash
THE EXPERTS
Joe Sullivan Security Team
Joe Sullivan
Founder & CEO
Prathiba David Sullivan
Co-Founder & Advisor
Kateryna Brandon
Communications Director
Mat Henley
Advisor
Expert Articles
The AI You Can't Take With You
Trust Us, We're the Experts
Fragmented Cyber Risk Transfer Is Changing Board Oversight
The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload
AI is especially useful for security defense
AI Accelerates Code Development But Fuels New Security Risks
C-Suite Lessons From Joe Sullivan And The Uber Data Breach
Facebook’s security chief on the Snowden effect, the Messenger app backlash and staying optimistic
The Register | Uber ex-CSO Joe Sullivan: We need security leaders running to work, not giving up
Why public/private cooperation is the best bet to protect people on the internet
10 Questions: Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, Facebook
The Hill | Officials, experts sound the alarm about critical cyber vulnerability
Axios | Exclusive: Former Uber cyber boss is now advising execs on avoiding his mistakes
TechCrunch | Ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan on why he ‘had to get over’ shock of data breach conviction
The CEO Is Next
The AI You Can't Take With You
Trust Us, We're the Experts
Fragmented Cyber Risk Transfer Is Changing Board Oversight
The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload
AI is especially useful for security defense
AI Accelerates Code Development But Fuels New Security Risks
C-Suite Lessons From Joe Sullivan And The Uber Data Breach
Facebook’s security chief on the Snowden effect, the Messenger app backlash and staying optimistic
The Register | Uber ex-CSO Joe Sullivan: We need security leaders running to work, not giving up
Why public/private cooperation is the best bet to protect people on the internet
10 Questions: Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, Facebook
The Hill | Officials, experts sound the alarm about critical cyber vulnerability
Axios | Exclusive: Former Uber cyber boss is now advising execs on avoiding his mistakes
TechCrunch | Ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan on why he ‘had to get over’ shock of data breach conviction
The CEO Is Next
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