> compliance basically comes down to "We trust the [third party] enough, and [third party component] is vital to our business, so we accept the risks"
This is the beginning and end of reasonable security. This is what it's always about, and if you go beyond it, you risk practicing art for the sake of art, at the expense of customers and other stakeholders.
Security is about understanding and managing risk. Not about achieving some mathematical perfection (which is actually only achievable by making your system an inert piece of rock, but people realize that way too late, after piling on way too many pointless "security improvements").
This is the beginning and end of reasonable security. This is what it's always about, and if you go beyond it, you risk practicing art for the sake of art, at the expense of customers and other stakeholders.
Security is about understanding and managing risk. Not about achieving some mathematical perfection (which is actually only achievable by making your system an inert piece of rock, but people realize that way too late, after piling on way too many pointless "security improvements").