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Security Platform Engineering
Security-by-design built into platforms - the future
Why Platform Engineering is central to Security
Why Platform Engineering is central to Security For the modern enterprise, security is no longer an afterthought; it is a fundamental platform capability. As platform engineering is new new operating model for IT, platform engineering teams enable now security and compliance by design.
“Traditional DevSecOps tells teams to shift security left. But real maturity means shifting security down, embedding it in the platform layers so developers don’t have to think about it. Best practices are enforced automatically.”
Mallory Haigh
Principal Platform Therapist at Platform Engineering
Trends in Security Platform Engineering to look at in 2026
Shift in ownership: Platform leaders are now the primary decision-makers, taking the lead on operational stacks traditionally owned by fragmented SRE teams.
Built-in: Instrumentation (metrics, logs, traces) is embedded directly into the platform layer, making it automatic and standardized.
Convergence: APM, monitoring, and logging are blending into unified, self-service platform capabilities.
COMING Q1 2026
Market Guide for Security Platform Engineering
Weave Intelligence is releasing the first comprehensive market guide designed specifically for the platform engineer’s perspective.
What this guide provides for your enterprise:
Evaluation criteria: A rigorous framework to assess tools based on platform-native integration.
Data-dacked trends: Analysis of the shift toward security by design
Representative vendors: A curated look at the landscape
Implementation best practices: Move from "choosing a tool" to "building a capability"
State of Platform Engineering Report: Volume 4
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Reference architecture for an AI/ML Internal Developer Platform on GCP
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Reference architecture of an Internal Developer Platform on Azure
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Reference architecture of an Internal Developer Platform on GCP
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Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) for Platform Engineers
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Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management for platform engineers
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State of AI in Platform Engineering 2025
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Observability for platform engineers
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Reference architecture of an Internal Developer Platform on AWS
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