SECURITY & EVALUATION

Software you can evaluate.
Questions you can make specific.

Bring your security, architecture and procurement requirements into the product conversation from the start.

Illustrative business infrastructure with organized server connectionsSAME DATA. FURTHER GOOD.
01 / THE WORKFLOW

Review the product in its intended environment.

Security requirements follow the data and the workflow. Identify what information will be processed, how it moves, who needs access and the responsibilities of the teams involved.

Illustrative operations team reviewing a workflow together
Bring the people and the process together.
01

Access

User roles, system credentials and organization boundaries.

02

Data handling

Hosting, storage, transfer, retention and export requirements.

03

Operations

Monitoring, incident response and change management responsibilities.

THE WORK, MADE VISIBLE

Security follows the actual data flow.

A file exchange, a parsed document and a serialized product record expose different operational questions. Identify the information handled by each product, the systems it connects and the users responsible for it. Then review access, storage, retention and incident procedures against that concrete scope.

  1. 01

    Classify

    Identify the business information in the workflow.

  2. 02

    Limit access

    Define users, service accounts and permissions.

  3. 03

    Follow movement

    Identify endpoints and partner responsibilities.

  4. 04

    Verify evidence

    Review the documented deployment controls.

ILLUSTRATIVE WORKFLOW · THE IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOWS YOUR OPERATING REQUIREMENTS

02 / THE WORKFLOW

Ask for the evidence your review requires.

A vendor questionnaire, architecture review and contractual review may each need different information. Include the required documents and decision owners in the evaluation plan. Confirm which controls and commitments apply to the proposed scope.

03 / THE WORKFLOW

Keep standards and certifications distinct.

References to technical standards explain a workflow or implementation. A certification or independent attestation requires its own evidence and scope. Review those separately during procurement.

Illustrative enterprise data operations workspace
Make the information useful to the team.
LET’S CONNECT

Bring your workflow.
Let’s find the connection.

Your systems. Your partners. The task you need to complete.

Discuss your workflow