A more cohesive operating model As technology and risk landscapes evolve, organisations can no longer treat cyber as an afterthought or procurement as a final gate. Instead, both functions must operate as embedded partners within a unified workflow – supported by automation and continuous collaboration.
When this model is in place, compliance becomes a natural outcome of daily operations rather than a separate effort. Audit readiness improves, and speed accelerates rather than slows. Linda continues: " The rapid pace of technological change only reinforces why this partnership matters. The way we scrutinise suppliers today is fundamentally different from how we did even a few years ago."
“ When cyber trust procurement’ s judgment and procurement respects cyber technical rigour … the result is really a resilient lifecycle that is extremely difficult to break”
Linda Siegert Senior Director of Global Procurement SailPoint Technologies
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