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About the author: Oliver Wakefield-Smith
Named author behind every price stamp and editorial line on this directory. Background, conflicts disclosure, and contact.
author: Oliver Wakefield-Smith · verified 2026-06-26
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Who runs vulnerabilityscannertools.com?
Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder of Digital Signet. Background in security tooling research, cost analysis, and independent calculator design. No employment, consulting, or affiliate relationship with any vendor listed on this directory. Editorial line is independent. Contact: oliver@digitalsignet.com.
Background
Oliver Wakefield-Smith founded Digital Signet to build vendor-neutral cost and pricing references across security, infrastructure, and SaaS markets. Prior work spans portfolio analytics, comparison-content methodology, and primary-source pricing research across ~380 deployed sites.
Independence and conflicts
- No employment relationship with any vendor listed on this directory.
- No paid consulting engagements with the vendors on this directory.
- No affiliate commission tied to placement, ranking, or commentary on this site.
- Independent of analyst firms (Gartner, Forrester) and channel partners.
Contact
Corrections, vendor pricing updates, or feedback: oliver@digitalsignet.com. LinkedIn: oliver-wakefield-smith.
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FAQ
- Is this site affiliated with any vendor?No. Independent. No employment, consulting, or affiliate commission relationship with any vendor on the directory.
- Does the author hold positions in listed vendors?Positions disclosed as needed; as of 2026-06-26 no material positions. Any change disclosed in the changelog.
- How is the editorial line independent?Pricing data is sourced from vendor pages. Commentary is the author's view, no vendor reviews drafts before publication.
- How to contact?oliver@digitalsignet.com or LinkedIn DM.
- Is there a corrections policy?Yes. See /how-we-verify-pricing. Corrections logged on /changelog within seven days of confirmation.