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Missed Risk in Security Rollout

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Amazon
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Problem

Scenario

You are reflecting on a security engineering project where something important went wrong because you did not identify a risk early enough. The miss could have been technical, operational, or stakeholder-related, but it materially affected delivery, security posture, or customer experience.

Question

Give me an example of a time you failed to identify a risk. What did you learn?