Where Security Meets Procurement

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Every successful security partnership starts before the RFP is even written. This guide covers what goes wrong when collaboration comes too late, and how to get it right from day one:

How to define the right requirements and avoid last-minute red flags
Governance under DORA, GDPR, and the EU AI Act
4 tips for choosing the right security partner
Why security should be built into the blueprint, not bolted on afterward
Breaking down silos between procurement, IT, and security

Built on Real Partnership Experience

Insight drawn directly from procurement and security leaders who've lived through the process, not theory.

Direct guidance from Margaret Corrigan, CISO at CluneTech
Real perspective from Tamas Hermann, Global Category Manager at Trivium Packaging
A practical RACI-based approach to defining ownership before problems start

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Who This Guide is For

Procurement / Vendor Risk Lead

This guide is built directly for you. It covers how to define requirements, run RFPs, and choose a security partner without last-minute red flags.

CISO / Head of Security

Security's side of the procurement relationship rarely gets written down. This guide gives you a shared framework to bring into that conversation early.

CEO / Board-Level Executive

DORA, GDPR, and the EU AI Act all raise the stakes on vendor governance. This guide shows what good procurement oversight looks like at board level.