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<RANT> Getting a rush of "all-asking-the-same-questions-in-slighly-different-ways" and "all-wanting-the-same-information-but-with-slightly-different-phrasing"
by linker3000 8y ago
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Getting a rush of "all-asking-the-same-questions-in-slighly-different-ways" and "all-wanting-the-same-information-but-with-slightly-different-phrasing" information security questionnaires - CREATED AS EXCEL SPREADSHEETS.
If you want multiple-paragraph answers please stick a table in a document if you really must or, better still, base your enquiry on a standardised document - they do exist (https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/group/consensus-assessments/#_overview https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/group/consensus-assessment... - albeit it's another bloomin' spreadsheet)
It's like job application hell (every company wanting you to put the same info into their specific questionnaire) in reverse.
Yay GDPR!
(Fortunately, most of my responses are now 'see our GDPR doc ref: nnnn, which covers this point')
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- joombaga 8y agoNot in the EU, but the healthcare industry in the US is the same. So many "see answer to question 4", and going back to an earlier question when a later question clarifies its meaning. And then the answers are only used to check compliance boxes, and you end up answering all the same questions again when it comes to implementation.