Why the corporate rush to AI agents may create more risk than value
On agent sprawl, AI as a governance problem, and five principles for responsible adoption.
Board & executive advisory — cyber, AI and technology risk
Risk, understood clearly enough to act on.
PSiQuanic Risk helps boards, founders and regulated organisations turn cybersecurity, AI and technology risk into clear decisions — and the opportunity inside them.
Human Intelligence-led Solutions. Founder-led — no account team, no hand-off to someone more junior.
PSiQuanic Risk
Emerging technology. Emerging regulation. Emerging threats.
Boards don't need to be told that AI, regulation and threats are moving fast — they live with that every day. What they need is someone who can tell the difference between the risk that will genuinely hurt them and the risk that, properly understood, is where the advantage is. That's the work.
Emerging technology
AI adoption, new platforms and the governance questions they raise before they become incidents.
Emerging regulation
GDPR, the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA and the standards that follow them — read as decisions, not paperwork.
Emerging threats
The changing threat landscape, assessed for what it actually means for this organisation, not a generic list.
All of it creates risk. Understood and managed well, it also creates opportunity.
What I do
Three ways to bring board-level judgement into your organisation.
Strategic Advisory
A trusted, independent voice at board level when you need one without a full-time hire.
- vCISO, Fractional & Interim CISO
- Cybersecurity Consulting — Strategy & Roadmap
- Strategic Advisory for Boards & Executives
- Management Consulting & Business Transformation
Risk & Compliance
Translating regulatory and AI-risk complexity into what the organisation actually needs to do.
- IT & Cyber Risk Management
- Cyber & AI Risk Management
- Data Privacy & Data Protection Advisory
- Compliance Consulting & Regulatory Readiness
Resilience & Assurance
Ready before it's tested — not rebuilt after.
- Business Continuity Planning & Operational Resilience
- Audit Preparation, Readiness Assessments & Assurance Support
Frameworks and regulation this work is aligned to:
- ISO 27001
- ISO 42001
- NIST CSF
- GDPR
- NIS2
- DORA
- EU AI Act
- Cyber Resilience Act
About
Paul Simms, Founder & Chief Cyber Security Advisor
PSiQuanic Risk is founder-led: no account team, no hand-off to someone more junior. Paul Simms built a career running enterprise security and resilience programmes in regulated environments — now he advises boards directly on the decisions that come from that experience.
That experience spans security transformation, regulatory alignment (GDPR, the EU AI Act, NIS/NIS2, ISO 27001), AI governance and operational resilience.
CISSP, CISM, CISA
Insights
Recent thinking on risk, regulation and resilience.
Paul already publishes on this. These are recent pieces of his own thinking, and this site is becoming their home — the rest is on LinkedIn ↗.
Why expertise matters more, not less, in the age of AI
What happens to judgement and accountability when AI drafts the evidence.
Why boards must re-focus on cyber hygiene
AI amplifies existing gaps in the fundamentals — it doesn't replace them.
Get in touch
Protect. Manage. Empower.
If your board needs a clear, independent view on cyber, AI or technology risk — where the exposure is, and where the opportunity is — get in touch.
Email paul.simms@psiquanicrisk.com