CYA
Cover Your Ass. The defensive documentation instinct: emails confirming conversations, decisions attributed in writing, receipts retained. Cynical-sounding; repeatedly vindicated.
Heard in the wild
“The follow-up email was pure CYA, and six months later it saved him.”
Tone check: Danger
An org running on CYA has a trust problem. But when in Rome, keep receipts like a Roman.