---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-007339"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDCH"
cik: "0001022505"
company_name: "SideChannel, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T21:36:10.036240+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SideChannel appoints Gen. Robert Brown, James Hansen, Nick Hnatiw to board; re-elects chairwoman

## Summary
- Gen. Robert Brown, retired four-star general and former U.S. Army Pacific commander, appointed to board.
- James Hansen, former CEO of a cybersecurity firm and Mandiant co-founder (now Google), appointed to board.
- CTO Nick Hnatiw, who joined SideChannel in Nov 2020, also appointed to board effective immediately.
- Deborah MacConnel re-elected as Chairwoman of the board.
- Appointments strengthen SideChannel's board with military, cybersecurity, and technology expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-007339
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDCH
- cik: 0001022505
- company_name: SideChannel, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022505/000149315224007339/0001493152-24-007339-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022505/000149315224007339/form8-k.htm

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