Where trusted IT, AI, and cyber leaders evaluate, validate, and elevate the next generation

Vetted Innovation Group for Intelligence, Leadership, and Next-Gen Cyber Evaluation

Overview
The VIGILANCE Advisory Group is a trusted network of top IT, AI, and security leaders working together to evaluate, validate, and elevate the next generation of cybersecurity solutions.

It’s about seeing what’s coming before it arrives—and making smart, peer-backed decisions that protect organizations from tomorrow’s threats.

Our Mission
To help security stakeholders stay ahead of threats by spotlighting emerging technologies before they go mainstream—tools that are easy to implement, easy to manage, easy to use, and that actually solve real problems.

VIGILANT Advisors apply rigorous, peer-driven vetting to ensure only proven, relevant solutions make the cut.

As a VIGILANCE Advisor, you’ll:

Gain early access to cutting-edge innovationsbefore they reach the mainstream.

Receive quarterly security briefings from leading cybersecurity experts.

Influence how new products evolve with your insight and expertise.

Join an exclusive network of peers and thought leaders shaping the future of cyber defense.

Be recognized across the VIGILANCE and CommunET communities as a trusted voice in technology evaluation.

Participation

Advisors participate in just two back-to-back 30-minute virtual sessions per month, featuring vetted startups presenting their solutions to your advisory group.

AI Governance, Enablement, and Next‑Gen Technology Council

Overview
The AIGENT Advisory Group is a trusted network of senior AI, data, IT, and business leaders working together to evaluate, validate, and elevate practical, responsible, and high‑impact artificial intelligence solutions.

This group exists to separate signals from noise—helping organizations understand what AI is real, what is ready, and what actually delivers value today, while keeping risk, ethics, and governance front and center.

Our Mission
To help leaders confidently adopt AI by spotlighting emerging tools, platforms, and practices that are:  Business‑relevant and outcome‑driven;  Secure, governable, and ethically aligned; Practical to implement and scale; Designed to augment people—not replace them.

As an AIGENT Advisor, You’ll:

Gain early access to emerging AI platforms, tools, and use cases before they go mainstream

Participate in quarterly AI briefings focused on real‑world adoption, governance, and ROI

Influence how AI products evolve through candid, practitioner‑level feedback

Collaborate with peers shaping how AI is responsibly deployed across industries

Be recognized across CommunET communities as a trusted voice in AI evaluation and leadership

Participation

Advisors participate in just two back-to-back 30-minute virtual sessions per month, featuring vetted startups presenting their solutions to your advisory group.

Innovation Growth Network IT Enterprise

Overview

Enterprise leaders are under pressure to innovate responsibly—balancing security, cost, and speed while navigating an overwhelming vendor landscape. 

Enterprise IGNITE gives you a controlled, defensible, and practitioner-led process for identifying technologies worth your time—and dismissing those that aren’t.

It transforms your internal talent into a structured innovation engine that reduces risk, accelerates evaluation, and strengthens governance across the enterprise.

A Trusted Internal Vetting Function

Your organization activates a 3–7 person Enterprise IGNITE Advisory Team, composed of your most trusted security and IT practitioners.

They meet bi-monthly for 2 hours to evaluate four curated emerging technologies using the standardized IGNITE Evaluation Framework, which focuses on:

• Readiness & compliance
• Architectural fit & integration effort
• Risk reduction & business value
• Operational impact & long-term maintainability
  

This becomes your first line of innovation triage—removing noise, elevating only what matters.

When a solution earns an IGNITE Validated rating, you receive a concise, decision-ready Executive IGNITE Validation Report, including:

• Summary of practitioner insights
• Identified risks, gaps, and considerations
• Expected integration complexity
• Business and security value analysis
• Recommendation status
  

You receive only vetted, relevant, trustworthy innovations—saving you significant evaluation time.