{"id":10788,"date":"2026-08-02T23:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/editorial-standards-methodology\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:31:42","slug":"editorial-standards-methodology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/editorial-standards-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Standards &#038; Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"        <article class=\"al-methodology\" aria-labelledby=\"al-methodology-title\">\n            <header class=\"al-methodology-header\">\n                <p class=\"al-methodology-eyebrow\">ADVISORYLOOM TRUST STANDARD<\/p>\n                <h1 id=\"al-methodology-title\">Editorial Standards &amp; Methodology<\/h1>\n                <p>AdvisoryLoom helps readers discover, prioritize, and understand cybersecurity reporting while preserving the original publisher as the source of record.<\/p>\n                <p class=\"al-methodology-meta\">Methodology version 1.0 \u00b7 Reviewed 2026-08-02<\/p>\n            <\/header>\n\n            <section>\n                <h2>1. Source-selection criteria<\/h2>\n                <p>AdvisoryLoom favors sources that are identifiable, relevant to cybersecurity, attributable, and capable of supporting a recoverable original-source link. Selection does not imply endorsement of every claim.<\/p>\n                <ul>\n                    <li>Authoritative primary sources: government advisories, vendor security bulletins, vulnerability authorities, and direct incident or research disclosures.<\/li>\n                    <li>Established reporting and research: recognized cybersecurity publications, independent research organizations, and professional security resources with clear attribution.<\/li>\n                    <li>Educational and contextual material: professional training, analysis, and technical resources that help readers understand a security development.<\/li>\n                    <li>Sources may be limited or excluded when authorship, provenance, original links, factual support, or commercial intent cannot be evaluated reliably.<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section>\n                <h2>2. Priority classifications<\/h2>\n                <p>Priority is AdvisoryLoom editorial context, not a replacement for an organization-specific risk assessment. A priority card is public only after human review.<\/p>\n                <dl class=\"al-methodology-priorities\">\n                                            <div class=\"al-methodology-priority al-priority-critical\">\n                            <dt>Critical<\/dt>\n                            <dd>Immediate review is warranted because the issue presents severe potential impact, confirmed or highly credible active exploitation, an emergency vendor action, or a comparable urgent condition.<\/dd>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"al-methodology-priority al-priority-high\">\n                            <dt>High<\/dt>\n                            <dd>Prompt review is warranted because the issue may materially affect exposed products or environments and requires timely assessment or action.<\/dd>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"al-methodology-priority al-priority-medium\">\n                            <dt>Medium<\/dt>\n                            <dd>The development is important and should be evaluated through normal security operations, but available evidence does not support an immediate emergency classification.<\/dd>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"al-methodology-priority al-priority-low\">\n                            <dt>Low<\/dt>\n                            <dd>The issue has limited known exposure, limited impact, or primarily routine operational significance.<\/dd>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"al-methodology-priority al-priority-informational\">\n                            <dt>Informational<\/dt>\n                            <dd>The item supports awareness, education, planning, or context and does not by itself indicate a required security action.<\/dd>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/dl>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section>\n                <h2>3. Corrections, clarifications, and retractions<\/h2>\n                <p>AdvisoryLoom corrects its own editorial context transparently. Material changes receive a dated public notice explaining what changed. Clarifications improve meaning without reversing the original conclusion; corrections repair a substantive error; retractions identify content that should no longer be relied upon.<\/p>\n                <p>Imported publisher content remains attributable to its original source. Readers should also consult the original publisher for corrections to the underlying report.<\/p>\n                <p class=\"al-methodology-empty\">No public AdvisoryLoom corrections, clarifications, or retractions are currently recorded.<\/p>            <\/section>\n\n            <section>\n                <h2>4. Sponsored content and commercial independence<\/h2>\n                <p>Sponsored relationships are labeled clearly. Payment or sponsorship may not influence source selection, story clustering, priority rankings, reviewed intelligence conclusions, or recommended actions.<\/p>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section>\n                <h2>5. Use of artificial intelligence<\/h2>\n                <p>Automation or AI may assist approved classification, extraction, drafting, translation, or prioritization workflows. AI output is treated as candidate material, not verified fact. AI-generated remediation advice or other user-facing guidance requires qualified human review before publication or recommendation.<\/p>\n                <p>Automated duplicate clustering is a local relevance process and does not approve editorial intelligence or remediation guidance.<\/p>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section>\n                <h2>6. Editorial review and auditability<\/h2>\n                <p>Reviewed Why This Matters cards record the source, priority, affected environment, exploitation status, recommended action, reviewer, review date, publication decision, and revision history. Candidate or incomplete intelligence remains private.<\/p>\n            <\/section>\n\n            <section>\n                <h2>7. Original-publisher attribution<\/h2>\n                <p>AdvisoryLoom preserves the original publisher\u2019s title, source attribution, and original-source URL whenever available. AdvisoryLoom commentary is labeled as editorial context and is not presented as the publisher\u2019s original reporting.<\/p>\n            <\/section>\n\n                            <section>\n                    <h2>Request a correction<\/h2>\n                    <p>Provide the story URL, the statement at issue, and a reliable supporting source. <a href=\"mailto:tips@advisoryloom.com\">tips@advisoryloom.com<\/a><\/p>\n                <\/section>\n                    <\/article>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoryloom.com\/almain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}