It’s hard to miss the steady stream of stories about organisations hit by cyber incidents or service disruptions. Around four in ten UK businesses reported an attack or breach in the past year. For many teams, the challenge isn’t awareness, it’s timing.

Security is often considered too late, when systems are built and deadlines are close. By then, even small issues can turn into big delays or lasting risk. This is why we developed the philosophy of Three Steps Left. It helps teams think about security earlier as a natural part of how change is delivered. It gives business analysts, project managers, and designers the confidence to raise risks early, when it’s easier and cheaper to act.

The focus is on understanding how delivery choices can create vulnerabilities and how to build secure, resilient habits into everyday project work. Developed by Envista Consulting, the programme brings together practical tools and real examples from across people, process, data, systems, and service design. Each course builds capability in stages, from core foundations to specialist topics such as data protection, human factors, and secure by design delivery.

The idea is simple: make secure delivery part of normal delivery. When teams think about resilience from day one, they reduce rework, improve collaboration, and strengthen trust across the business. Three Steps Left is not about blame or fear. It is about helping professionals work more confidently in a world where security and change are inseparable.