ORIGIN
One shared view
The project was conceived to connect physical, people, operational, cyber, integrity, safety and resilience decisions in one practical model.
Acknowledgements
Built for shared resilience.
The Corporate Security Matrix began with a simple ambition: make enterprise security easier to see, discuss and improve across professional boundaries.
Project origin
Idea and direction.
Sami Rantanen is recognized as the originator of the Corporate Security Matrix initiative and its open, globally reusable direction.
PURPOSE
Protection through clarity
Its public-purpose intent is to help organizations anticipate material harm, coordinate earlier and recover with less confusion.
OPEN SOURCE
Useful beyond one organization
The work is published under the MIT License so practitioners can inspect, adapt and improve it openly.
Stewardship
How contributions earn trust.
The matrix is an original synthesis. Its quality depends on transparent sources, clear scope, careful language and constructive professional challenge.
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Primary sources first
Prefer official standards bodies, intergovernmental organizations, regulators and public authorities over secondary summaries.
02
No borrowed authority
Keep the project’s original synthesis distinct from normative requirements, legal advice and formal certification.
03
Review what matters
Challenge factual accuracy, applicability, unintended harm and whether a recommendation can be evidenced in practice.
Contribute
Help make the model more useful and more defensible.
Report broken sources, unclear scope, factual errors or practical gaps through the public repository. Never include sensitive operational information.
Open the repository