When I&#x27;m getting proposals from people who don&#x27;t have the full picture or less experience in a specific subject, I just shut down any part of me inside that wants to yell &quot;you&#x27;re wrong!&quot; and empathize with their position first and see where they are coming from. The communication is often much smoother that way.<p>Not everyone is an engineer, and it&#x27;s something hard to think about when you&#x27;re usually around technical types all day as an engineering IC. As a corollary, not everyone understands security. We should all be making a better effort out where they are coming from first, and then go from there. Assume it&#x27;s up to you to keep the conversation civil and relevant to them; if both people do this, everyone is better off. If one of them doesn&#x27;t, well, hopefully you were the one that tried.