Source Code Escrow

A software escrow agreement is often treated as a finish line. The source code is deposited, the paperwork is signed, and everyone moves on, assuming the organization is protected if a vendor goes dark. That assumption is where most continuity plans quietly fall apart. Deposit and storage answer a narrow question: does a copy of

Every major advance in computing has forced organizations to rethink how they protect their software, their data, and their operations. Quantum computing is shaping up to be the largest of these shifts yet. It promises extraordinary gains in processing power for fields like drug discovery, materials science, and logistics. It also carries the potential to

Enterprise software risk management is entering a new phase. The systems organizations depend on are more interconnected, more regulated, and more scrutinized than ever, and the standards for managing that risk are rising to match. Understanding where the landscape is headed is the first step toward building a resilient vendor risk strategy for IT leaders,

Enterprise software consolidation is no longer a background trend. Large vendors are acquiring point solutions, platforms are merging, and organizations are being asked to standardize around fewer, broader systems. This shift changes more than the vendor list for IT leaders, procurement teams, and compliance officers. It changes how dependent an organization becomes on any single

Few cybersecurity incidents have changed enterprise risk thinking as much as the SolarWinds breach. What began as a quiet compromise of a routine software update became one of the most consequential supply chain attacks in recent history, touching government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and countless downstream vendors who never suspected their trusted software provider had

When a software vendor fails, whether through insolvency, acquisition, discontinued support, or a breach of contract, the fallout rarely stays contained to the IT department. Legal counsel, procurement teams, and risk management professionals are often left assessing liability exposure, reviewing indemnification language, and determining what contractual protections were actually in place before the failure occurred.

In July 2026, security researcher Majd Srour did something Fisker Inc. never managed to do. He got a Fisker Ocean to steer itself down a city street, hands-free. He did it with a $999 Comma Four device, an open-source driving platform called openpilot, and a lot of reverse-engineered CAN bus messages. It’s an impressive piece

A hospital’s infusion pump software freezes mid-shift. A diagnostic imaging platform throws an error code nobody on staff has seen before. A remote patient monitoring app stops syncing data to the cloud dashboard a cardiology group depends on for early warning alerts. In each case, the fix isn’t really about the bug – it’s about

Financial services organizations operate under a level of scrutiny that few other industries face. Regulators expect demonstrable continuity plans, auditors expect documented controls, and customers expect their financial data and the systems that manage it to remain available under any circumstance. Software escrow is one of the more concrete tools available to help meet those

Most enterprises run critical operations on SaaS and cloud platforms they do not control. That dependency becomes a risk when a vendor is acquired, changes its product, raises pricing, or shuts down entirely. For business-critical systems such as ERP, banking infrastructure, or clinical platforms, downtime is not acceptable, and in some cases it creates direct