Security and compliance work requires precise, formal language. Conduct a security audit, remediate findings, and disclose responsibly are the collocations used in audit reports, penetration test findings, and compliance documentation. These exercises build the vocabulary for professional security communication.
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The company hired an external firm to ___ ahead of the SOC 2 certification process.
Conduct a security audit is the standard professional collocation. 'Conduct' is the formal verb for carrying out structured assessments, audits, and investigations — it appears in compliance frameworks, RFPs, and security documentation. 'Perform' is also used but 'conduct' is more common in formal security contexts.
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The security team was given a 30-day window to ___ identified in the penetration test report.
Remediate findings is the standard security and compliance collocation. 'Remediate' is the formal security term for correcting identified vulnerabilities or control gaps. It is used consistently in audit reports, compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2), and security assessment documentation.
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The engineering team was on a deadline to ___ in the authentication library before it could be exploited.
Patch the vulnerability is the canonical security operations collocation. 'Patch' as a verb specifically means applying a software fix to address a security flaw — it is the standard term in CVE advisories, security bulletins, and incident response runbooks.
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The security researcher chose to ___ and contact the vendor privately before publishing their findings.
Disclose responsibly is the established security research collocation associated with 'responsible disclosure' — the practice of notifying vendors before public publication. 'Responsibly disclose' or 'disclose responsibly' are both used; 'disclose' is the precise verb for the act of revealing vulnerability information.
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Before approving the third-party integration, the security team needed to ___ of exposing internal APIs.
Assess the risk is the standard security and risk management collocation. Risk assessment is a formal process, and 'assess' is the professional verb used in frameworks like NIST, ISO 27005, and OWASP. 'Evaluate' is also correct but 'assess' collocates most strongly with 'risk' in security and compliance contexts.