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December 24, 2019

You know what really sells a security program?

Results. However, “results” implies a couple of things. First, it implies that you know what you’re after, and secondly, it implies that you know how to measure it. Following on from the theme of “things I hear when speaking with people” from yesterday, I often come across people who’ve been exposed to SABSA in particular, […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / "Selling" Security, Agile Security, Security Architecture, Stakeholder Engagement

December 23, 2019

You’re already doing security architecture…

One thing that comes up from time to time when I’m speaking to security leaders, like the CISO or the CSO or whomever is in charge of the function, and that’s how far down on the priority list security architecture often is. There’s always new threats to tackle, new fundamental, health & hygiene controls to […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, SABSA, Security Architecture

December 22, 2019

Is security driving from the back seat?

I have to admit, I was the perfect demographic for the original release of Police Academy in 1984—even though I was too young to go to the cinema to see it by myself. However, I remember thinking it was pretty funny at the time. For some reason, when I was thinking about the problems security […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Business-Driven Security, Security Architecture

December 21, 2019

Who owns your calendar—really?

One of the things that I’ve heard from people, since I’ve started yammering on about the February cohort of Building Effective Security Architectures in response to the course requirements of 5-10 hours per week for 7 weeks, was a concern about how they would fit it in to their existing workload. And it’s a truly […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Justification, Security Architecture, Skill Development, Time Management

December 20, 2019

Artifact overload getting you down?

As you might’ve discovered in your own architecture work, it’s pretty easy to get overwhelmed with security architecture documentation. I remember the very first “proper” architecture description I did according to then IEEE1471:2000 (now ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011) was 165 pages. And that was supposed to only be about the federated identity solution I was working on […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, IEEE1471, ISO42010, Security Architecture, Security Artifacts

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