Shift as far left as you can... but you trust the shifter?

Across every customer conversation I have had with global enterprises, there are a few key themes. a. Developer experience. b. The value of disrupting the status quo. c. Contribution to the sphere of software best practices. d. Trust. Trust. Trust. Trust. It's paramount to our relationships, and it's the best case scenario. We trust you because of your track record. We trust you because you are credible. We trust you because we transact our dollars for your backing. Then there is the concept of Zero Trust, or rather Never Trust, Always Verify. The way to build trust is to evaluate how risk is managed and incidents are handled. Since bad things happen... how many calories do you put in to prevent them from occurring? I would say that blind trust in any tool has not yet been achieved in our digital landscape, and probably should not ever occur. Rather, there is a type of pseudo-trust that we all currently work towards. The "shift left" movement for security by pushing scanning and exploi