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The Dual Nature of Data
Data can be an enterprise’s greatest asset—or a liability. To preserve trust and avoid financial or reputational damage, it must be protected.
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Moving Beyond Severity Scores: A VEX-Driven Approach to Safety-Critical System Risk
Software supply chain security is becoming more demanding in practice. Organizations are increasingly expected to produce software bills of materials (SBOMs) and Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) documents, yet many still struggle to translate these artifacts into clear, defensible risk decisions. Traditional vulnerability scoring systems were never designed for safety-critical or heavily regulated environments. Relying on severity scores as proxies for real-world risk can send teams in the wrong direction.
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