Plain answers for the week someone asks you to prove it.
Six short notes for the week a questionnaire, a renewal, an exam, or a contract clause lands on the desk. Written for law firms, investment advisers, and growing SaaS companies.
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Professional services
How to Answer a Client Security Questionnaire on a Deadline
A client questionnaire is a deadline. Credible answers describe what you actually do, and say so when you do not.
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Insurance
Cyber Insurance Applications Now Ask About MFA, Backups, and Incident Response
The application is a control inventory. MFA, backups, and a written response plan are the questions that come back.
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Investment advisers
SEC Exams and the Safeguards Rule: What Small RIAs Need to Prove on Cybersecurity
Exams, institutions, and the Safeguards Rule ask for evidence. An IT vendor is not that evidence.
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SaaS
SOC 2 When a Seed or Series A Deal Is Waiting
An enterprise deal asks for SOC 2, or for a long questionnaire that amounts to the same thing. The program starts from that ask.
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The framework
NIST CSF 2.0 for Companies with 20 to 500 Employees
The Framework still applies at fifty people. A binder written for a bank does not. Here is the proportional read.
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Incident response
An Incident Response Plan Your Insurer and Your Biggest Client Will Accept
“We will figure it out” fails the form. A plan sized to the people you have is what the insurer and the client asked for.
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If this is the request on your desk.
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