• Shift security “first” at each phase of your edge design and planning. Modern application environments that use CI/CD pipelines are accustomed to describing the need to “shift left” when it comes to continuous testing and refinement. But cybersecurity truly requires more of a “shift first” mindset. You should take precautions for both the physical and digital security of your edge ecosystem and individual edge devices at every phase of the planning stage. Edge computing introduces new security challenges for customers. Security must extend to sensor and IoT devices, as every device is a network element that can be accessed or hacked. This presents a bewildering number of possible attack surfaces to protect through proper controls, policies, activity logs, and procedures to safeguard your physical and virtual assets.