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What does the Apache 2.0 patent clause do?
Apache 2.0 gives users a patent license from each contributor, and that license ends for you if you sue over the work. Here is what it means in practice.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How do you answer open source license questions from a customer?
Answer with facts: how you inventory open source, which license categories you block, and what evidence you can share. Avoid absolutes you cannot prove.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How to answer data residency questions in security questionnaires
Buyers ask where their data lives. Answer residency questions precisely, covering storage, backups, logs and support access, without overpromising.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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Aligned, compliant, certified or attested: which word can you use?
Four words buyers read very differently. What each means, what evidence it implies, with NIST, CSA STAR and SLSA examples to word answers safely.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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AI hiring tools and agents: what NYC Local Law 144 and the EU AI Act ask
If an AI agent screens or ranks job candidates, New York City and the EU both attach duties. Bias audits, notices and high-risk status explained.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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AI features in compliance tools: what to verify before relying on them
What to check when a compliance platform offers AI drafted policies, evidence mapping, or questionnaire answers: review steps, data handling, and accuracy.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How should an AI coding policy apply to contractors and agencies?
Contractors and agencies use AI assistants too. Put AI tool rules in the contract, require disclosure, limit access and review their work like any change.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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Which NIST ransomware publications to read first
NIST lists ransomware resources across risk management, data integrity and recovery. A reading order by role: security lead, engineer and incident manager.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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Which compliance controls should you automate first?
Automate controls that reduce to a setting or system record first: identity, endpoints, code changes and cloud config. Leave judgment controls to people.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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