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March 14, 2023

The myth of the isolated project

I was recently reminded of a pretty pervasive problem that often sneaks in to our worlds as security. That problem is the myth of the isolated project. It often starts simply enough (and if you have kids, you should recognize these warning signs): “It’s just this one time. I won’t ask you to do this […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Uncategorized / Cibersecurity, cover, Cybersecurity, Effective Security, Security Architecture

March 10, 2023

The boneyard of failed architecture initiatives

One thing that often happens when people finally discover that security architecture is a whole more than the way their security infrastructure is connected is that they’re all “hot to trot” and want to stand up an enterprise security architecture program from scratch. This is excellent, and one should never underestimate the power of enthusiasm. […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Effective Security, Security Architecture, Security Leadership

March 9, 2023

To re-architect or not to re-architect your security controls

It seems the above is very much “the question” on the minds of security teams looking to take the CI/CD plunge (or who’ve already jumped in, and are splashing with the sharks without their chain-mail wetsuits). But what does it mean? This “re-architecting” of which you speak? And, just when that young lad in the […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile, DevOps, Security Architecture, Shakespeare

February 27, 2023

Afraid up-skilling your security team will train them for their next job?

  There’s a negative, cynical and sometimes, unfortunately true idea out there that if you pay for skills development with your security team, you’re throwing money away because people are milking you to help them get their next job. There’s a couple of things to say about this. First, yep. It’s true. And it’s not […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Cybersecurity, Security Architect, security team

January 8, 2023

Never fear, the podcast is here!

I know there are more than a few people who come here and wonder about the lack of current content. I know I talked about this back in November, when I said that if you wanted to get the latest thoughts and topical tips… …you really should use the form on the home page or […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Podcast, Security Architecture

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