When can you answer 'Not applicable' in a security questionnaire?
Use Not applicable only when the control cannot apply to your product. Otherwise explain a compensating control. Wording, evidence and two worked examples.
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Use Not applicable only when the control cannot apply to your product. Otherwise explain a compensating control. Wording, evidence and two worked examples.
A model answer for security questionnaires on third-party integrations: inventory, least privilege, review, revocation and logging, without overclaiming.
Answer the breach question truthfully: define the term, state the lookback period, describe incidents that touched customers, and get legal review first.
Answer the inventory question with scope, sources, refresh rate and gap handling across repositories, services, components, AI tools and retired assets.
The Security Rule asks for periodic evaluation tied to change, not a fixed vendor review date. See the triggers and cadence options to put in your plan.
NTIA says a new SBOM follows each new build or release. How to set a refresh and delivery arrangement in a partner agreement that both sides can keep.
A waiver should expire. Tie its length to severity and exploitability, usually weeks, with a named owner and a fresh review before any renewal.
What really decides how long compliance platform setup takes: scope, integrations, policy work, owner availability, and the audit period. A realistic view.
GitLab approval policies require sign-off when scans find serious issues. Learn the rule types, enforce vs warn, fallback behavior and the gaps.
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