About

Built by executives who have owned the risks boards now oversee.

BoardAlign was founded to give credit union and bank boards and their management something they rarely have: one shared, evidenced view of their key risks, in language both sides use.

What is BoardAlign?

BoardAlign is an independent board risk intelligence service for credit union and bank boards and the management teams who report to them. Each review looks at cyber, fraud, BSA/AML and AI risk through four accounts that should agree: what directors believe, what the board has been told, what independent testing found and what management tracks. It checks them against the commitments in management's own policies and the rules for the institution's charter.

The board receives one readout it can read in a meeting, with every finding cited to the document, date and page it rests on, and an action plan it can follow from one review to the next.

What we do

Compare four accounts

What directors believe, what the board was told, what testing found and what management tracks, side by side, with every difference cited.

Hold management to its own policies

The promises in management's policies, such as patching windows and restore tests, checked against the evidence and against what the board was shown.

Give the board one readout and a plan

Where the board stands, what to ask, what to direct, who owns each action and by when, and projects to consider with their risk, time and complexity.

Track it from one review to the next

Facts carry forward, so each review asks only what changed and shows what moved, and how the board compares with its peers.

Why BoardAlign?

Mark Blazek

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Thirty years running technology, security and AI inside regulated financial institutions: Chief Information Officer and Chief AI Officer at CNG Holdings, CIO at Ascend Federal Credit Union, and Division CIO at USAA Bank. A technical adviser to boards and CEOs, and author of the Board Cyber Scorecard and Schedule on which the readout's reporting inventory is built.

What he brings

Knows where board reporting typically thins out, from years preparing it at the executive level.
Brings AI practice, not theory, from leading AI as Chief AI Officer at a regulated lender.
Wrote the schedule of what a board should receive and how often, the standard every BoardAlign review is checked against.

James Faxon

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

More than twenty years in cybersecurity and technology. Global Chief Information Security Officer at Newmont, Head of Cyber Operations at Marathon Petroleum, and Managing Director BISO at H-E-B. He has presented to boards as the subject matter expert and has been featured on Nasdaq TradeTalks, Fox News, CSO Online. Leads product and technology at BoardAlign.

What he brings

Knows the gap between what management knows and what directors can see, from years presenting to boards as the subject matter expert.
Brings deep familiarity with the frameworks examiners and insurers expect, from working across highly regulated industries.
Built the platform so every finding traces back to its source document, date and page.

Where Our Leadership Has Served and Advised

USAA
Ascend Federal Credit Union
CNG Holdings
Newmont Mining
Boeing
H-E-B
IBM
Marathon Petroleum
HP
United Technologies
Texaco
Maryville Consulting Group

How we work

Independent

We sell no security products or remediation. Our only interest is an accurate picture.

Evidenced

Every finding cites its source. If the record does not show it, we say so plainly.

Confidential

Director answers are pooled and never shown individually. Source files are deleted after reading; the facts and citations are kept for year-over-year trends.

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