Who owns dependency updates after an agency launches a client site?
After launch, nobody owns dependency updates unless the agreement says so. Three ownership models for agencies and clients, and what to write down.
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After launch, nobody owns dependency updates unless the agreement says so. Three ownership models for agencies and clients, and what to write down.
Dependency intake works best when platform runs the pipes, security sets the rules, and developers own their requests. Here is a clear split of roles.
When no one is a full time security engineer, dependency work falls through. A simple ownership model with roles, a weekly rhythm, and escalation rules.
When an unsupported runtime runs a service nobody claims, assign an owner by a fixed rule, set a deadline and decide: adopt, retire or isolate.
Packages have owners in most teams. Models often do not. A responsibility table for intake, pinning, updates, incidents and retirement of model files.
Public programmes and foundations also fund open source maintenance and security work. What one public fund asks for, and how to read it as a dependent.
Five vulnerability metrics that help executives decide, how to define each so it resists gaming, and the vanity numbers to leave out of the monthly report.
Measure how many services run the fixed version of a shared library and how long upgrades take, by team. A simple adoption metric with a table.
Write kill criteria before the trial starts. Five clear triggers tell you when a security tool trial has already answered the question and should end.
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