Influencer: Credibility Catalyst - Advisory Practice Assessment

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Section A: Your Advisory Profile

1.What best describes your primary role? *

External Consultant
Solution Architect
Security Advisor
Engineering Manager
Industry Thought Leader / Analyst
Other:

Please select your primary role

2.How many years of advisory or consulting experience do you have? *

Please select your experience level

3.What is the primary scope of your advisory influence?

Consulting firm advising multiple clients
Advisory board member for multiple organisations
Conference speaker and thought leadership content
Industry association or standards body active
Internal expert influencing multiple teams/business units
Combination of the above

4.Which industry sectors do you primarily advise on SDLC or security platform decisions?

Select all that apply

Financial Services / Banking
Healthcare / Life Sciences
Technology / SaaS
Government / Public Sector
Defence / Aerospace
Energy / Utilities
Telecommunications
Other:

Section B: Validation Standards & Credibility

5.Rate how important each type of validation is before you would recommend a solution to clients:

1 = Not Important, 2 = Slightly Important, 3 = Moderately Important, 4 = Very Important, 5 = Essential

Validation Type	1	2	3	4	5
Verifiable metrics with documented methodology
Peer validation from respected advisors who have evaluated it
Client reference calls with organisations who have implemented it
Technical architecture and security model review
Audit-ready compliance and governance evidence
Detailed implementation case studies with outcomes

6.How concerned are you about reputation risk when recommending new solutions to clients?

Very high — a single poor recommendation can damage years of built credibility
High — I'm cautious and require extensive validation before endorsing
Moderate — I balance risk with the need to identify emerging best practices
Low — my clients expect me to take calculated risks on innovative approaches

7.What is your biggest challenge when evaluating new SDLC or security solutions for clients?

Vendors make bold claims without verifiable proof
Verifying integration quality in complex enterprise environments
Balancing technical validation with business value articulation
Pressure to stay ahead of best practices whilst only recommending proven solutions
Time-consuming due diligence before any endorsement

Section C: Current Advisory Practices

8.How frequently do you recommend specific tools or platforms to client organisations?

Weekly — it's central to my advisory practice
Monthly — for active client engagements
Quarterly — only for major evaluation decisions
Rarely — I focus on strategy rather than specific products

9.Rate how frequently your client organisations experience each challenge:

1 = Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Very Frequently

Client Challenge	1	2	3	4	5
Security requirements slowing development velocity
Privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA) creating adoption friction
Resilience and operational continuity gaps
Tool sprawl and fragmented security workflows
Immature or inconsistent SDLC processes across teams
Security issues discovered late in the release cycle
Inability to measure or demonstrate SDLC maturity progress

10.Which challenge do you see as the most underserved by existing solutions on the market?

Lack of a unified platform covering security, privacy, and resilience
No way to measure and demonstrate SDLC maturity across dimensions
Security tools that create developer friction instead of enabling flow
Privacy and compliance not embedded in the development process
Mid-market organisations underserved by enterprise-focused tools

Section D: Market Perspective & Competitive Landscape

11.When clients ask about SDLC security or DevSecOps solutions, which category do you most commonly recommend?

Point security tools (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
DevSecOps platforms (CI/CD pipeline security)
GRC platforms (compliance tracking and documentation)
Threat modelling tools
Custom or bespoke approaches (consulting-led)
No single category — the market is too fragmented

12.What is the biggest gap you see in the current SDLC security market?

13.How do you view the convergence of security, privacy, and resilience requirements in regulated industries?

Critical trend — clients urgently need unified approaches
Emerging — awareness is growing but adoption is early
Aspirational — clients want it but the tooling isn't there yet
Premature — most organisations still handle these separately

Section E: Proof & Evidence Requirements

14.Rate how important each type of proof would be in helping you confidently recommend a solution:

1 = Not Important, 2 = Slightly Important, 3 = Moderately Important, 4 = Very Important, 5 = Essential

Proof Type	1	2	3	4	5
Quantified efficiency metrics (e.g. 91% reduction in threat modelling time)
Documented measurement methodology you can independently verify
Sector-specific client references (finance, healthcare, defence)
Audit-ready governance dashboards with continuous maturity scoring
Co-created thought leadership content you can use in your practice
Access to technical deep-dive (architecture, security model, integration patterns)

15.What would make you most confident in citing a solution's metrics to your clients?

Reviewing the detailed measurement methodology myself
Having a client walk me through their measurement approach
Independent third-party validation of the claims
Hands-on trial producing my own results
Peer advisors confirming the results from their own evaluations

Section F: Thought Leadership & Collaboration

16.Which collaboration opportunities would be most valuable for your advisory practice?

Select all that apply

Co-authored success brief or best-practice guide
Joint case study development with client organisations
Speaking or webinar opportunities on SDLC maturity
Advisory board or product feedback role
Technical review and architecture validation content
I prefer to maintain full independence from vendors

17.How do you currently create and distribute thought leadership content?

Active publishing (articles, blogs, whitepapers)
Conference speaking and presentations
Social media and LinkedIn thought leadership
Client-facing reports and advisory deliverables
Limited content creation — primarily client advisory

Section G: Solution Fit Assessment

18.Based on what you know about Trusted Path, rate your agreement with each statement:

1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree

Statement	1	2	3	4	5
This solution addresses challenges I frequently see in client organisations
Verifiable metrics (91% faster threat modelling) are citeable in my advisory work
A unified platform for security, privacy, and resilience is valuable to my clients
The builder-thinking approach (embedding security in design) resonates with my advisory perspective
Co-creating thought leadership content would strengthen my advisory practice
I would be willing to evaluate this solution through a technical deep-dive
I would recommend this to client organisations if it delivers verified value

19.What concerns, if any, would you have about recommending or collaborating with a solution like this?

20.What would be the ideal next step for you to evaluate this further?

Technical deep-dive with the engineering team
Client reference calls in my sector(s)
Review the metrics measurement methodology
Co-creation workshop for thought leadership content
Architecture and security model review
Not interested at this time

21.Is there anything else you would like to share about your advisory approach, what you look for in solutions, or how you work with vendors?