2 Secure by Design appears across 2 articles in the last 90 days, most recently in IBM UK to acquire Logiq Consulting for cybersecurity and secure delivery (Sep 2026).
Who is Secure by Design?
Secure by Design is a cybersecurity consultancy that focuses on embedding security architecture, secure development practices, and governance into enterprise technology environments from the outset of system design.
- Security architecture and design services for enterprise and public-sector environments.
- Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) (SDLC) advisory and implementation (application security).
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) consulting related to security-by-design practices (GRC).
- Training and workshops on secure design principles for engineering and architecture teams.
- Security assessments and reviews of existing architectures, products, and development processes.
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More About Secure by Design
Secure by Design focuses on helping organizations build and run systems that incorporate security properties at the architectural and design stages rather than relying mainly on downstream controls. Its work targets enterprises, technology vendors, and public institutions that operate complex digital services, distributed platforms, or software products and that need structured approaches to security in architecture, development, and governance.
The firm’s services in security architecture and design (security architecture) typically cover target-state security models, threat modeling, trust boundaries, identity and access patterns, data protection approaches, and integration of security controls into reference architectures. Engagements often align with common enterprise architecture practices and frameworks used by large organizations, and with security control frameworks such as ISO 27001 (information security management) and NIST-aligned controls where applicable.
Secure by Design also focuses on SSDLC (application security) advisory. This includes integrating security activities such as code review, security testing, and threat modeling into development workflows, often in environments that use DevOps or DevSecOps practices. The consultancy helps product and engineering teams embed security requirements into backlog management, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and release processes, and align application security practices with organizational risk and compliance objectives.
In GRC, Secure by Design works with security, risk, and technology leadership to align security-by-design practices with policies, risk management processes, and board-level reporting. This can include defining security design standards, decision frameworks for risk acceptance, and processes for security exception handling that fit within broader corporate governance structures.
Training and workshops provided by Secure by Design are aimed at architecture, engineering, and security teams and focus on practical secure design principles, secure coding concepts, and risk-based decision-making during system and product design. These programs are structured for organizations that want to increase the security fluency of technical staff and embed security considerations into day-to-day design and build activities.
Within an enterprise technology directory or marketplace taxonomy, Secure by Design fits into the categories of security architecture and design consulting, application security and Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) advisory, and security governance and risk consulting. It is positioned for organizations that need external expertise to formalize secure-by-design practices across architecture, development, and governance functions rather than only adding point security products.
Our description of Secure by Design. Updated December 2025.
