Field Notes
Field notes started as exactly that: notes. Scribbled after customer calls. Typed up when a prospect described their day. Overheard in a conference hallway. Occasionally pressed out of an expert. Field notes is not a company blog - it's just what comes back from the field.
Issues are structure given signals. Briefs are signals given structure.
Both start somewhere real.
2026
BriefAPI keys are not managed identities
Issue№05Your company runs 130 SaaS apps. IT governs about 26.
BriefOrphaned accounts are not an edge case
Issue№04Someone quit last month. They probably still have access.
BriefSailPoint is great for companies that aren't you
Issue№03Have you heard of the SCIM tax?
Issue№02Your new hire has been waiting three days for access.
Issue№01Partial governance isn't governance. It's theater.