This guide explores Secure by Design as a proactive approach to cybersecurity, emphasizing embedding security into architectures, code, and operations. It reviews the origins of the model, major global security standards (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HITRUST), and CISA’s Secure by Design pledge. It breaks down principles like secure defaults, least privilege, layered defenses, code reviews, SBOMs, continuous monitoring, and vulnerability management. It connects these principles to backup and recovery environments, highlighting integrity, confidentiality, availability, immutability, MFA, and auditing as foundational pillars for resilient data protection strategies.

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