Trust Center Deflection

Trust Center Deflection is the practice of satisfying a customer's security inquiry through self-service trust-center content instead of a manually completed questionnaire.

Trust Centers

Why it matters

Deflection reduces the manual workload of answering repetitive questionnaires and speeds the buyer's review.

Where it appears in the workflow

Occurs early in a security review when a buyer is directed to a trust center before a full questionnaire is issued.

Common mistakes

  1. Treating trust center deflection as a universal term with no workflow context.