Do RFPs Work?

Defense in Depth

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Do RFPs or request for proposals work as intended? It seems they're loaded with flaws yet for some organizations who must follow processes, they become necessary evils for both buyers and sellers. What can we do to improve the process?

Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. We welcome our guest Keith McCartney (@kmflgator), vp, security and IT, DNAnexus.

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In this episode:

• Do RFPs or request for proposals work as intended?
• Does it seem they're loaded with flaws?
• Have they become necessary evils for both buyers and sellers?
• What can we do to improve the process?