Essays on questionnaires, TPRM, and vendor risk
Analysis from the Evident team on how security teams actually get questionnaires done.
- Definitional
CAIQ Explained: How the Cloud Security Alliance's Consensus Assessment Works
CAIQ is the Cloud Security Alliance's free, open vendor questionnaire. Current v4 has 261 questions mapped to the Cloud Controls Matrix v4.
- Guide
The Complete Guide to Security Questionnaire Automation in 2026
Practitioner read on what security questionnaire automation does in 2026: the real categories of tools, what they cost, what good looks like end-to-end, and where the bundled compliance platforms stop being enough.
- How-to
How to Respond to a Security Questionnaire (Without Losing a Week to It)
Two paths for getting through a vendor security questionnaire: the manual workflow most teams run today (triage, route, chase, review, submit) and the automated one, which is what most teams should be doing instead.
- Comparison
SIG vs SIG Lite vs SIG Core: Which Questionnaire Do Your Buyers Actually Send?
Comparing the three SIG variants on question count, intended buyer, time-to-complete, and which one TPRM teams actually send.
- Comparison
Trust Centers vs Security Questionnaires: When Each Wins
Trust centers don't kill questionnaires for everyone. Here's the buyer-segment breakdown of who accepts a trust center in lieu of a SIG, who keeps sending the questionnaire anyway, and the inflection point where each one wins.
- Definitional
What Is a SIG Questionnaire? A Practitioner's Guide (And A Rant)
The SIG is a 627-question Excel workbook Shared Assessments charges $7,000 a year to license. I've answered enough of them to be opinionated. Here's what's in it, what it costs, and why most teams shouldn't pay.
- Industry
Why security questionnaires still break sales cycles in 2026
Vendor assessments have at least doubled since 2022, but the response process has barely changed. Here's what leading security teams are doing differently.