Glossary definition

Deflection Rate

Deflection Rate is the share of inbound security inquiries resolved by self-service trust-center content rather than a manually completed questionnaire.

Trust Centers

Why It Matters

In security reviews

Deflection rate is a common measure of how much manual questionnaire effort a trust center is saving the security team.

Workflow Context

Where it shows up

Tracked in trust-center analytics to gauge the program's impact on review workload.

Common Mistakes

What to avoid
  1. Treating deflection rate as a universal term with no workflow context.

    Use this as an editorial checkpoint when the term appears in a buyer review, internal workflow, or vendor evaluation.