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Why isn't a free scanner free? A plain answer for leadership
A free license still costs staff time, upkeep and risk. How to explain that to leadership with your own measured numbers and no vendor pitch.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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Why does a days since last security incident counter backfire?
A days without an incident counter rewards silence, not safety. See how it suppresses reporting and what to track so people bring problems forward.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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Who should govern low-code apps? A small governance group
Set up a small low-code governance group: who sits on it, what it owns, how it decides and how to keep it from turning into a bottleneck for makers.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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Who should drive the keyboard in a security tool trial?
If the vendor engineer does the work, you are testing the engineer. Keep your own people at the keyboard and use the vendor for answers and fixes.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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Who should an OSPO talk to about dependencies? A stakeholder map
The OSPO flower diagram groups stakeholders into petals: developers, management, legal, business and the ecosystem. Here is how to use it for dependencies.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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Who reviews your SaaS inside a large enterprise, and what do they want?
A large buyer routes your product past security, privacy, legal, IT and procurement. Here is what each reviewer wants and how to answer each one.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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Who pays for the upgrade when a shared dependency bump breaks teams?
Who funds the work when a security driven dependency bump breaks several teams? A cost sharing model with a budget rule, owners and a way to avoid stalls.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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Who owns what for website tags? A marketing, security and IT RACI
Tags sit between marketing, security, IT and privacy, so nobody owns them by default. A simple RACI table names who decides, who reviews and who is told.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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Who should own plugin and asset pack updates in a game studio?
Programmers, tech artists and producers all add plugins. A decision guide to naming one owner per component, with review rules that keep updates routine.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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