2026 Shift Out Benchmark Report
2026 Shift Out Benchmark Report
2026 Shift Out Benchmark Report

The Shift Left Lie: Why 82% Claim Success While Only 4% Achieve It

The Shift Left Lie: Why 82% Claim Success While Only 4% Achieve It

The Shift Left Lie: Why 82% Claim Success While Only 4% Achieve It

We partnered with Virtual Intelligence Briefing (ViB) to survey 160 senior cybersecurity decision-makers in independent research that uncovered a massive perception gap. Many believe shift left is working, yet CVE debt continues to rise. The data shows why manual remediation has hit its ceiling and what the 4 percent who reached zero debt are doing differently.

We partnered with Virtual Intelligence Briefing (ViB) to survey 160 senior cybersecurity decision-makers in independent research that uncovered a massive perception gap. Many believe shift left is working, yet CVE debt continues to rise. The data shows why manual remediation has hit its ceiling and what the 4 percent who reached zero debt are doing differently.

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Here are some of the most striking findings:

Here are some of the most striking findings:

Here are some of the most striking findings:

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Believe shift left is working compared to those who actually achieve zero CVE debt, creating a 78-point perception gap

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Defer critical fixes because of breaking changes, even when developers have the skills to resolve them

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Say application dependencies are their most painful layer, highlighting npm, pip, maven, and gradle as the true remediation bottleneck