Unify Engineering, Security & Infrastructure for Seamless Execution
The Start Left® Platform: Developer Security Performance Management
Start Left® gives you end-to-end product security visibility—unifying secure development, supply chain protection, and posture tracking with team and developer performance insights. Built to embed security by design into every team, workflow, and release—without slowing you down—and optimized for your Microsoft stack.
One Platform. Real Improvement.
Built for Performance-Driven Teams.
Start Left® powers secure engineering performance across your Microsoft stack—by improving execution, not just posture. From GitHub Advanced Security to Defender for Cloud, CI/CD to Azure and Sentinel, we drive team behavior, measurable maturity, and faster resolution of real risk.
Supply Chain Protection
Secure the packages, pipelines, and platforms your product depends on—from open source to deployment. No more invisible threats in builds.
Developer Security
Security embedded directly into dev workflows. We educate, enable, and guide devs with real-time feedback—not gates and guesswork.
Code to Cloud Security
From the first commit to your cloud deployment, we keep every layer aligned, hardened, and monitored. One platform. Full visibility.
Procurement Readiness
Turn security into a competitive advantage with continuous, audit-ready certification—so you can pass TPRM, win procurement, and show security maturity without scrambling.
Developer Security Isn’t a Tool Problem.
It’s an Execution Problem.
Security tools detect issues. Start Left® drives resolution. We bridge the gap between code and CI/CD to cloud findings and developer action—so risk isn’t just reported, it’s reduced.
Visibility into risk, maturity, and ROI across engineering & security
Start Left® quantifies engineering and security maturity into trackable execution. Get clear insights that quantifies team efficiency, risk reduction, developer performance, and tool ROI—all in one place.
Governance, adoption, and continuous risk reduction—without friction
Start Left® correlates risks to every team and developers, ensuring adoption, governance, accountability, and contextualized secure code training. Security is engineered, not retrofitted—that's secure-by-design.
Measure and improve developer performance with execution intelligence
Start Left® tracks risk creation at the developer level, offering gamified coaching, upskilling, risk tracking, and workflow intelligence to improve how software is built.
Release faster with fewer risks and less rework
Start Left® eliminates last-minute security disruptions by embedding governance, security, and risk insights directly into engineering workflows—eliminating friction.
Why Start Left®'s Execution Intelligence Is the Missing Layer
Traditional tools focus on tracking and reporting, but they don’t improve execution. Security tools surface risks. Observability tools measure performance. Compliance tools enforce policies. But none of them connect risk to execution, optimize developer impact, or fix how software is built.
| Feature | Capability | Start Left® | ASPM | CSPM | DevOps | GRC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer & Team-Level Risk & Execution Analytics | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
| Embedded Security Through Better Engineering | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Risk Prevention Across Security, Quality & Efficiency | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
| Governance & Continuous Adoption Metrics | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Developer-Centric Execution Optimization | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Unified Risk & Tool Consolidation Across CI/CD | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
| Embedded, Contextual, Gamified Learning & Analytics | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Risk Score for Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
How It Works
1
Measure Execution
Understand how developers build, collaborate, and introduce risk—down to the individual and team level.
2
Guide Improvement
Eliminate bottlenecks and reinforce good habits with AI-driven remediation and coaching.
3
Auto-Prescribe Training That Follows the Risk
Deliver security education as part of continuous feedback—automatically assigned based on real-time developer actions and the risks they create.
4
Embed Security Without Friction
Make security part of the delivery pipeline—no gates, no blockers, just better software.
What Makes Start Left® Different?
Start Left® is built for engineering teams that want to build better, ship faster, and optimize execution—without getting caught in the noise of security alerts and project tracking.
Unified Execution Intelligence
✅
Aggregates insights across engineering, security & infrastructure.
✅ Goes beyond observability to deliver actionable intelligence & automation.
✅ Expands risk management beyond security to include quality, availability & cost.
Engineering Work Optimization
✅
Improves developer efficiency by identifying & resolving execution blockers.
✅ Enhances collaboration & accountability with data-driven coaching & insights.
✅ Custom risk analytics enable teams to proactively mitigate security, quality, availability, and cost risks.
Security Without Friction
✅
Embeds DevSPM, SSCS, ASPM capabilities to ensure security is a habit.
✅ Automates security guardrails to remove last-minute compliance disruptions.
✅ Adapts to evolving threats to keep security aligned with business objectives.
AI-Driven Growth & Mastery
✅
Gamified learning paths & coaching help developers continuously improve.
✅ Tracks execution maturity to drive measurable team improvement.
✅ Customizable risk scoring & insights provide a comprehensive view of health.
Consolidate Tools With Start Left®
100%
Customers see value day 1
5 - 6
Average tools avoided or consolidated
1/2
The cost of legacy tools
