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January 27, 2020

The honest security architect

The agenda for today was actually pretty straightforward. My mother’s still visiting for the holidays for a bit longer, and things have been a bit hectic, so we haven’t really managed to do all that much “touristy” stuff this time around. So the plan was to let her visit a couple of wineries, then have […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Business Alignment, Security Architecture, Security Customers

January 26, 2020

Don’t read this post unless you’re funding your own security skill development

I’ll keep this short and to the point. As you probably know, I’ve been harping on about the next run of our Building Effective Security Architectures course for a few weeks now, and as of today, we’re exactly 1 month from when everyone who’s already joined the program will have access to the first week’s […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Security Architecture, Skill Development

January 25, 2020

Curiosity kills cats, not architects…so what does?

Today I was having a good chat with a friend of mine and fellow Enterprise Security Architect about what’s been going on in his world since we last spoke. Now my friend has been around the block more than a few times, has been a “real” architect for many years, and has 2 levels of […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, CISSP, Curiosity, Domains, SABSA, Security Architecture, TOGAF

January 24, 2020

A cure for the “IT disease”

I’m pretty sure you’ve noticed it…the stuffy head…the plugged-up ears…the lethargic responses. No, I’m not talking about the latest cold or the China virus. I’m talking about the dreaded “IT disease” within security that it’s finally become clear is something that we need to not only identify… …but we need to WIPE OUT COMPLETELY! But […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Architecture, BESA, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise IT Architecture, SABSA, TOGAF

January 22, 2020

Lazy? Effective? Or something in between?

It’s been a while since I answered any questions about BESA, so I thought I’d respond to one of the concerns that’s been popping up since I’ve been talking about how the delivery of Building Effective Security Architectures actually works. In particular, it seems people are a bit skeptical about the learning potential of the […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Cohort, Peer Reviews, SABSA, Security Architecture

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