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Infrastructure Sovereignty and Security by Design
Sep 9, 2025
Infra leaders push modernisation & automation, but few reach scale as regulation, sovereignty & security demands shape decisions.
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Infrastructure leaders are making steady progress in modernisation and automation, but adoption remains uneven with only a small fraction achieving full-scale automation and integrated security. Regulatory complexity, data sovereignty pressures and the need for security by design are now the biggest factors shaping infrastructure decisions.
Core Insights:
- Modernisation is advancing, with ~44% progress in infrastructure consolidation, but automation maturity remains low, with just 3% at full-scale GitOps.
- Security strategies are evolving, yet most still rely on segmented network design, and only 2% have achieved a fully integrated multi-cloud security mesh.
- Regulatory complexity, data sovereignty and approval delays are now the primary barriers to infrastructure delivery, driving demand for security and compliance embedded by design.