Every software system is built on trust.
You trust code you didn’t write.
You trust people you’ve never met.
You trust that things written years ago will still behave tomorrow.
Most of the time, that trust stays invisible.
Over time, you stop thinking about it.
Trust Lives in Dependencies
In modern software, most of the trust is not in your own code.
It lives in your dependencies.
Libraries. Frameworks. Transitive packages.
Code you deploy but don’t control.
That’s where risk quietly accumulates.
An audit is simply a structured way of answering one question:
"What do I actually trust in this system?"
An audit doesn’t create security.
It reveals the security posture that already exists.
That’s why audits often feel uncomfortable.
They replace assumptions with facts.
The goal of an audit is not to fix everything.
The goal is to know what you are choosing to live with.
Some risks are acceptable.
Some are not.
But you can’t make that decision if you don’t see them clearly.
Audit turns hidden trust into explicit knowledge.
Only then can security become intentional instead of accidental.