Ben Espach
Marketing Copywriter
Ben Espach is a Copywriter at Codekeeper. His background includes academic editing across multiple disciplines and freelance novel editing. He applies his research skills and narrative experience to create clear, accurate content about software protection and business continuity.
Expertise:
Content writing, technical writing, academic editing, research, software escrow services
LATEST FROM Ben Espach
Software resilience
Stressed exit testing: What it is, what it proves, and how to run one
A vendor exit plan on paper means little until you've proven it can work. Take a look at the six things your stressed exit test must confirm before your next audit.
Jun 22, 2026
Software recovery
DORA Article 28 exit strategies: What financial entities need to build
DORA Article 28 wants you to put your exit strategies to the test. Find out what auditors will be looking for, and check how your own readiness holds up.
Jun 22, 2026
Software recovery
Vendor exit risk: How to assess it and what to do about it
Some vendor failures could stop your business overnight; others you'd barely miss. See how to accurately assess vendor exit risk and put the right solutions in place.
Jun 22, 2026
Software resilience
ISO 27001 compliance: What it requires and how it affects your vendor management
A straightforward guide to ISO 27001 compliance, the supplier controls (A.5.19–A.5.30), and the continuity question auditors will ask you.
Jun 12, 2026
Software resilience
A practical guide to ESMA compliance and software continuity
Find out what ESMA compliance means for software-dependent firms, how DORA changed it in 2025, and where your exit strategies fit in.
Jun 12, 2026
Software resilience
Navigating NIS2: What you need to know to stay compliant
Understand NIS2 compliance: who it applies to, the 10 Article 21 requirements, reporting timelines, penalties, and the steps to meet them before the deadline.
Jun 11, 2026
Software resilience
What is SOC 2? Criteria, reports, and types explained
A full SOC 2 breakdown across the five trust services criteria, Type 1 vs Type 2, what a report proves, and how it ties to vendor risk.
Jun 11, 2026
Software resilience
CRA compliance: What it means for a software product's life cycle
The CRA holds you responsible for a product's security from build to end-of-life. See who it affects, what it requires, and how to get compliance ready.
Jun 11, 2026
Software resilience
DORA compliance: requirements, pillars, and how to meet them
Understand DORA compliance end to end: the five pillars, third-party obligations, penalties, and how to prove your exit strategy holds up.
Jun 11, 2026
Software resilience
Cyber resilience laws: Navigating a new age of software continuity compliance
New regulations like DORA, NIS2, and CPS 230 now make software resilience legally mandatory. Understand the sudden regulation crack down, and how to keep yourself compliant.
Jun 11, 2026
Software continuity
How to request an SBOM from your software vendor
A practical guide for requesting an SBOM from a vendor — what format to ask for, what to expect, and what to do if they can't produce one.
Jun 4, 2026
Market trends and insights
SBOM compliance: What CRA, NIS2, and DORA require
CRA, NIS2, and DORA each approach software component transparency differently. Here's exactly what each regulation requires — and how to satisfy all three.
Jun 3, 2026
Software recovery
How software vendors use SBOM and escrow to win enterprise deals
Enterprise procurement now asks two questions most vendors can't answer. Here's how SBOM and software escrow together remove the friction that stalls deals.
Jun 1, 2026
Market trends and insights
Does DORA require a software bill of materials?
DORA doesn't explicitly list SBOMs — but its ICT supply chain rules demand exactly what an SBOM provides. Here's what that means for financial services compliance.
May 29, 2026
Market trends and insights
What is a software bill of materials? A guide for software buyers
Not sure what an SBOM is or why it matters? This post explains why you need a software bill of materials if you're buying software for your business.
May 29, 2026
Market trends and insights
Should you include an SBOM in your software escrow deposit?
Enterprise clients are asking for both escrow and an SBOM. Here's how to satisfy both with a single verified deposit so you can shorten procurement cycles.
May 29, 2026
Market trends and insights
SBOM and software escrow: Why you need both
SBOM and software escrow solve different problems. One maps what your vendor's software contains. The other protects your access to it. Here's why you need both.
May 26, 2026
Software resilience
How a single Microsoft 365 outage broke their annual uptime promise
A single Azure failure took down Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Defender simultaneously for over nine hours. Here's what happened, what it cost, and how to protect your business.
Apr 15, 2026
Software resilience
How Cloudflare's routine config change brought 20% of the internet to a standstill
One Cloudflare configuration change brought almost a quarter of the entire internet to a standstill in November 2025. Here's what concentration risk costs and what software escrow does about it.
Mar 31, 2026
Software recovery
What CrowdStrike exposed about third-party software risk
The CrowdStrike outage wasn't a freak accident. Third-party vendor breaches are up 22% and growing. Learn what software escrow protects you from and why it matters.
Mar 17, 2026
Software resilience
Software escrow for healthcare institutions
Learn how software escrow protects healthcare institutions from vendor failures, ensures HIPAA compliance, and maintains patient safety when critical medical software systems fail.
Feb 25, 2026
Software resilience
Software escrow for financial services
Learn how software escrow protects financial institutions from vendor failures, ensures regulatory compliance with DORA and FFIEC guidelines, and breaks vendor lock-in for operational resilience.
Feb 11, 2026
Market trends and insights
Builder.ai collapse: Why you need AI escrow in 2026
Discover why AI startup failures like Builder.ai’s $445M collapse underscore the importance of software escrow for AI to protect your business from vendor risks. Learn actionable steps to safeguard your digital assets.
Dec 30, 2025
