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by patmcc 691 days ago
IT doesn't steer the ship in banks (and bank-like orgs). IT gets a mandate from the real decision makers that they have to choose something that does x, y, z - see "Regulations which strongly suggest particular software purchases" in the article for examples of x, y, z.

So sure, IT gets to "decide" - between CrowdStrike, SentinalOne, or Palo Alto (and maybe a couple others). But they don't really have much choice, they can't use an OSS solution, or roll their own, or anything else. They have to pick one of a small number of existing solutions.