Building Resilient IT Infrastructure From the Start

Building Resilient IT Infrastructure From the Start argues that securing modern infrastructure requires embedding security across the whole organisation, not just in security teams. It notes that cloud complexity and hybrid environments have increased attack surfaces, with IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report cited as finding about 40% of breaches involve data spread across multiple environments.

The piece emphasises a shift from back‑and‑forth handoffs between security and engineering to a continuous cycle of security control management, enabled by Secure by Design principles informed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). It also highlights practical steps such as tailoring security policies to industry, geography and environment, continuously assessing controls, and delivering scan results as discrete engineering tasks to fit DevSecOps workflows.

The article references the Capital One breach of 2019 as a wake‑up call, and calls for “shift left” security to shore up the flanks before problems arise. CISA planted a flag; now organisations must action security throughout the enterprise to build resilience from the ground up.