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November 7, 2019

Dispelling the mists of SABSA misperception

It was a dark and stormy ni—well, not really. Here in Cape Town, it’s kinda still bright, it’s warm, with a light breeze, and the trick-or-treaters are walking the streets, scooping up their treasures from the rows of houses in our neighborhood. My son’s super excited because he has “customers” come to the door, so […]

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

November 6, 2019

Who’s afraid of Security Ghosts and Ghouls?

In my inbox this morning was from a fellow email subscriber and buyer of the upcoming Definitive Guide to The Agile Security System™ where he was talking about experiencing first hand the value of using SABSA attributes tailored to your stakeholders. However, he also mentioned the quite common challenge of getting people to listen to […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, ASML, CIS20, NIST CSF, SABSA, Security Value, Stakeholder Engagement, TDG

November 5, 2019

Seat belts save lives, but does the CSF?

According to the WHO, the effectiveness of seat belts in worldwide studies is about 50% in avoiding the loss of life during a car crash. This is pretty concrete, and the studies have been validated since the ‘60s in some form or another, so there’s a pretty high confidence in that probability. However, our friend, […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Business Alignment, CIS20, NIST CSF, SABSA, Security Architecture, TDG

November 4, 2019

When to ignore Teddy Roosevelt

I have to admit I have a lot of respect for Teddy Roosevelt and many of the things he did and said. In fact, I have his “arena” quote printed out and stuck to the wall above my desk. One of his other famous quotes is this one: “In any moment of decision, the best […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile, Agile Security, ASML, Attributes, DevOps, DevSecOps, Domains, SABSA, Security Governance, TDG

November 3, 2019

The two key dimensions of Agile Security

Some people think agile is about going fast and being unconstrained by processes. That’s part of it, but that aspect alone is also not that far from the definition of anarchy: a state of disorder to due the absence of authority. What agile is really about is being able to make effective decisions, and that […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile, Agile Security, Mission and Purpose, Policy Architecture, Policy Engineering, SABSA, Security Architecture, Security Decisions, TDG

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Andrew is a highly skilled and experienced information systems architect and consultant, which in my view is a rare thing. He is innovative in his thinking and merits the title of 'thought leader' in his specialist domains of knowledge—in particular the management of risk. Andrew has embraced SABSA as a framework and, in doing so, has been a significant contributor to extending the SABSA body of knowledge."

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