Repair acronym confusion without shaming the listener or derailing the meeting.
The acronym landed badly. The repair has to protect meaning and participation. Theo notices the procurement lead stop asking questions after he says "MITM." What should he say next? "MITM just means man-in-the-middle; it is a common security term." This defines the acronym but makes the listener feel tested. It does not connect to the procurement risk. "I mean attacker-in-the-middle risk: someone intercepting a sign-in. This flow makes that harder by routing sign-in through the identity provider." This repairs the term, gives a concrete scenario, and connects it to the decision at hand. "We can skip the security terminology and…
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