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BigCo: I am OK with spending thousands of dollars to prevent someone from embezzling hundreds.
Me: I mean, you're presuming I stop at thousands.
BigCo: Kind of indifferent to that actually.
(Embezzlement is not the sole reason for ponderous purchasing processes. Many of the reasons are good reasons. They are also a (relatively small) portion of the reason why enterprise-facing services cost why they cost. You should feel absolutely no shame here, software people.)
"Name a good reason."

Asking a vendor to fill out a security questionnaire creates value.

"How?"

By documenting the fact that all vendors have filled one out *in case an external stakeholder ever asks exactly that question, which they will.*
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