Struggling to turn “we keep data safely” into language auditors will actually sign off on? This lesson gives you reusable, enforceable wording for data retention and deletion—anchored to GDPR/SOC 2, explicit triggers, durations, methods, and evidence. You’ll get compact rules, real-world examples, and short exercises to calibrate modality (MUST/SHALL/SHOULD), name actors and systems precisely, and generate policy sentences you can paste into your DPA or controls register today.
Precision English for Access Control: Least Privilege and Access Control Language in Design DocsStruggling to turn "engineers can access prod when needed" into something auditors and automation can actually enforce? In this lesson, you’ll learn to write least-privilege requirements in precise, testable English using a canonical sentence frame, clear modality (MUST/SHOULD/MAY), and quantified scopes for roles, resources, actions, conditions, duration, and audit. You’ll get high-signal explanations, concrete design-doc examples, and targeted exercises (MCQs, fill‑in‑the‑blanks, corrections) to lock in the patterns. Finish able to separate policy intent from implementation detail and produce access control text that survives vendor churn and passes audits.
Precision English for Security Docs: Crafting Neutral Threat Modeling Language for RFCsStruggling to turn security concerns into RFC-ready text that wins fast consensus? This lesson gives you a precise, reusable approach for crafting neutral threat modeling language—fact-anchored, scope-clear, evidence-traceable, and RFC 2119/8174 compliant. You’ll get a compact template, high-signal transformations of biased/vague phrasing, real-world examples, and targeted exercises to validate mastery. Finish with a rubric-driven workflow you can apply immediately to produce auditable, testable requirements with measurable outcomes.