Redefining “critical infrastructure” for the modern age
Venture in Security argues that cloud, SaaS, and digital intermediaries (Twilio, Okta, Stripe, Snowflake, etc.) function as de‑facto critical infrastructure due to cascading outage effects—suggesting policy frameworks lag behind modern digital dependencies.
CORTEX Protocol Intelligence Assessment
Business Impact: Misclassification leads to under‑regulated resilience and systemic operational risk. Technical Context: API‑centric dependencies multiply single points of failure.
Strategic Intelligence Guidance
- Map critical SaaS dependencies and redundancy pathways.
- Adopt multi‑cloud and failover strategies for identity/MFA.
- Contractually define uptime, comms, and incident hooks with vendors.
- Run cross‑vendor outage tabletop exercises.
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Intelligence Source: Redefining “critical infrastructure” for the modern age | Oct 22, 2025