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Submit our draft architecture diagram and formally request the overdue approved package list and remote-work confirmation from Aldergate’s security team to unblock build-phase pricing today.

We have been waiting on Aldergate’s compliance office to finalize security requirements so we can fix the build-phase price. They have confirmed that a security review is mandatory and that an internal hardening framework exists, but several critical dependencies remain stalled: the approved package list is over two months late, data storage and encryption details cannot be provided until we share our architecture, and the status of our Lisbon-based engineers is still unknown. To move forward, we need to address these specific gaps immediately.

**Requirements already confirmed**
- A security review is mandatory before production, independent of any hardening framework conformance [Source 1].
- Critical dependencies will be assessed case-by-case during the review rather than pre-approved [Source 1].
- Remote work from Ireland is permitted; requests for other countries remain unapproved [Source 1].

**Outstanding items requiring immediate action**
- Send the draft architecture diagram (completed 11 Aug) to Aldergate so they can specify data storage, encryption, and logging requirements [Source 1, Source 2].
- Contact S. Okafor (Aldergate information security owner) directly to obtain the approved package list and clarify the remote-work policy for Lisbon-based staff [Source 2, Source 3].
- Close the open compliance risks and lock the build-phase price once the diagram is submitted and the package list is received [Source 3].