Safer (Risk Reduction & Security)

Safer is governance, risk and compliance (GRC), information security, data privacy, regulatory compliance and resilience in chaos, be that a cyber attack or global pandemic. It is customers trusting your organisation. It is agile rather than fragile. It is speed and control, not one or the other. It is cultural, keeping the conversation on risk alive. The better the brakes, the faster you can go. (Ensuring Security, Resilience, and Compliance)

• Secure by Design – Embed security into the engineering process from the outset, using secure coding practices, threat modelling, and automated security testing.
• Zero Trust Architecture – Ensure all systems are designed with a security-first mindset, validating identity and access at every stage.
• Resilience Over Uptime – Prioritise resilient system design, enabling graceful degradation and rapid recovery over unrealistic availability expectations.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Policy as Code – Automate infrastructure provisioning and enforce security compliance through code to ensure consistency and repeatability.
• Guardrails, Not Gates – Implement automated, non-blocking controls that enforce best practices while keeping delivery friction low.