“Every security issue makes me look like I'm not thorough”

The Zero-Findings FantasyYou open the security dashboard expecting a clean run, and instead there are four new findings under the service you own. Somewhere along the way you started believing that a truly careful engineer's code produces an empty list — that thoroughness shows up as zero, and any number above that means you skipped something you should have caught before it shipped.

Why the Tally Reads Like a VerdictScanners list every open finding under the current owner's name in one flat count, whether it's a dependency CVE disclosed last night, a config choice made two teams ago, or something you actually introduced last sprint. The dashboard has no column for origin or timing, so all four findings land on you with equal weight, and the single number does the talking before you've read a single ticket.

The Two-Column Findings CheckPull your open findings list and privately sort each one into two columns: introduced by code you wrote versus inherited or disclosed after the fact. You're not fixing anything yet, just separating the count you actually authored from the count that only looks like yours. One pass won't settle the question forever, but it tells you what fraction of that number was ever within your control.