Shana
Dacres-Lawrence
Senior Principal Architect at Accenture
"If It’s Not a Priority Until There’s a Breach, You Don’t Have Secure Architecture — You Have Hope"
"If It’s Not a Priority Until There’s a Breach, You Don’t Have Secure Architecture — You Have Hope"
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Session: If It’s Not a Priority Until There’s a Breach, You Don’t Have Secure Architecture — You Have Hope
Security failures don’t begin on the day of a breach. They start much earlier—when organisations quietly substitute hope for a strategy. Too often, that hope becomes an accepted risk on a register… and a future incident waiting to happen.This talk examines the priority gap: the space between what we know we should do and what we actually implement. We’ll explore why this gap forms, how attackers exploit it, and how modern defensive patterns can help to close it.
By the end of the session, you’ll know how to embed resilient architecture and security patterns into your systems and move your organisation from a posture based on hope to one grounded in resilient design.
Key Takeaways
- Actionable strategies for defending against breaches and downtime.
- Understanding that deprioritising security can lead to devastating consequences.
- How to embed resilient architecture and security patterns.
Bio
Shana is an accomplished Senior Architect with over 13 years of experience and a strong foundation in Cyber Security and Software development. She has successfully led and delivered complex, high-quality consulting and architecture projects, including systems of critical national importance. Shana has also played a pivotal role in architecting one of the largest cloud transformations and migrations in Europe and designed an award-winning CIAM solution for a major electricity system operator.A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in technology, Shana has been instrumental in establishing and driving internal communities within the organisations she has worked for. She is dedicated to attracting, retaining, and promoting women in tech. Shana is also the founder of ArchitectHer, a community platform devoted to supporting, inspiring, and elevating women in technology architecture.
