Enterprises have reached a turning point. What started as an emergency response has become a permanent fixture. Hybrid working is now the default for most enterprise organisations and it is reshaping how IT infrastructure is designed, secured and managed.
Many IT environments are still catching up. In a recent interview with the Business Post, Niall Hughes, Head of Architecture Services at Triangle, explained how this shift has exposed new risks and why it is time to rethink the foundations of enterprise IT.
The perimeter is gone. Risk has multiplied.
Hybrid working has dissolved the traditional network perimeter. Where once organisations secured users, data and systems within a centralised environment, today’s landscape is distributed across homes, offices, cloud services and mobile devices.
That shift has significantly increased the attack surface. “It is not just about flexibility anymore,” Niall explains. “It is about how you secure that flexibility without putting your business at risk.”
For many organisations, the results have been sobering. Recent high-profile breaches have exposed known vulnerabilities left unpatched, often due to stretched teams, siloed processes and outdated assumptions about risk.
Zero trust and the fundamentals
To meet this reality, security strategies must evolve. Triangle advocates for a zero-trust approach where no user or system is trusted by default and where access is tightly controlled and continuously verified.
That means prioritising essentials like multi-factor authentication, endpoint control and routine patching. These remain the most effective defences against common threats.
“Fundamentals matter,” says Niall. “We still see incidents where attackers exploit vulnerabilities that have been around for years. This is not about cutting-edge tools. It is about doing the basics well and doing them consistently.”
Resilience is no longer just recovery, it’s readiness.
Prevention alone is no longer enough. With cyber threats growing more sophisticated and more frequent, the ability to recover quickly with verified data and minimal disruption is now a strategic necessity.
“Conventional DR, that old way of doing things, is not good enough anymore. Organisations need a more robust approach, and you really need to test it.”
Triangle’s cyber recovery solutions are built around this need. From isolated vault infrastructure and clean room environments to rigorous recovery testing and runbooks, our approach ensures not just backup but business continuity.
Building infrastructure for today’s threats and tomorrow’s change
Infrastructure is no longer only a technical concern. It is a strategic enabler. It underpins workforce agility, customer experience, compliance and innovation. In a hybrid world, it must be both flexible and secure, capable of supporting change without compromising resilience.
At Triangle, we design, build and manage IT infrastructure with this balance in mind. The future of enterprise IT is always evolving, and resilience must be built in from the start.
Read the full interview with Niall Hughes in the Business Post here.
