About FOMO
Tools for the procurement-skeptical — and the reasoning behind them.
What this is
FOMO is a small collection of free tools for people who buy, approve, or get talked into IT software. It exists to make one expensive pattern visible: buying technology because a demo was slick or because competitors seem to have it — rather than because of a documented, quantified problem. We call that envy-driven, or FOMO-driven, procurement.
Why it exists
Vendor demos are engineered to make you feel behind. That feeling is a poor basis for a six- or seven-figure decision, but it drives a lot of them. These tools give buyers a way to slow down and a bit of language to push back — score your FOMO, run a purchase through a defensible decision framework, ortranslate a pitch into plain English before you take the call.
How we stay honest
Independence is the whole point, so a few commitments:
- We are not a vendor and take no money from the vendors whose pitches these tools skewer.
- The tools don't recommend products or collect leads. None of them are trying to sell you anything.
- Four of the five run entirely in your browser — nothing you type leaves your device.
- The Pitch Translator is the only tool that talks to a server. It's rate-limited and cost-capped, your text is sent to an AI provider only to produce the translation, and it isn't stored. Still — don't paste anything confidential.
Who's behind it
FOMO is made by Corey Null — a senior IT and cybersecurity leader with more than 25 years in IT and IT security, including 15 years building and leading global information security teams in financial services. He holds the CISSP, CISM, CCSP, and SABSA credentials, with hands-on depth in security operations and architecture, incident response, risk management (FAIR), and the metrics and executive reporting that turn security work into decisions. He has spent his career on the buying side of enterprise technology — evaluating vendors, security tooling, and the demos that come with them. FOMO is the skeptic's toolkit that grew out of that experience: independent, not a consultancy, and not for sale. The tone is satirical; the underlying advice is meant in earnest.
Areas of expertise
- Information security program & project management
- Threat & vulnerability assessment
- Security policy & standard development
- Risk management (FAIR) & mitigation
- Incident response / problem management
- Cloud solution architecture & integration
- Metrics analysis & executive reporting
- Relationship management
- Remote team building & training
The views and statements on this site are Corey's own and do not reflect those of any current or former employer.
A note on AI
In the spirit of seeing through marketing: the writing on this site — the tools' copy, the FAQ, and the blog — was produced with the help of AI and reviewed before publishing.