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January 15, 2020

Sometimes, knowing what it isn’t is more important

I’m not sure if it’s been said before or not, but ultimately, life itself is essentially a classification problem. Every day we’re faced with many situations, people, actions, events and observations, and how we choose to interpret those is fundamentally based on how we classify them. Because if we can’t classify them effectively, then we […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Architecture Models, BESA, Complexity, Domains, SABSA, Security Architecture

January 14, 2020

It’s about doing, not “knowing” what to do

If there’s one key trait I’ve learned that’s the biggest indicator of success over the years, it’s gotta be having enough confidence you can do something that pushes you to jump in and try—even if you might not end up doing it perfectly. Most recently, I’m seeing this play out with my son who’s learning […]

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

January 12, 2020

Eliminating “here we go again” security busywork

Whether we actually realize it or not, it’s the security requests we get where we groan, roll our eyes and mentally say to ourselves, “here we go again…” that are some of the most soul destroying things we’re asked do. We get annoyed. We get short with our responses, and we might even be tempted […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Security Architecture, Shadow IT, Stakeholder Engagement

January 11, 2020

Bedazzled by tales of the security transformation Big Bang

Humans, by nature, are impatient. And by nurture over the last several years with everything from drive-through liquor stores making a comeback in my hometown to anticipatory search results from Google to Amazon Prime’s same-day delivery… …we now live in a society where all of life’s virtues and vices can be summoned on demand with […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Learning, SABSA, Security Architecture

January 10, 2020

Are you merely sipping SABSA or drinking the full draught?

I was reading something new yesterday that was giving an overview of SABSA from the perspective of someone who was enthusiastic about it, and was trying to do their part to raise the awareness of it and its merits among the wider world. I love it when people do this, because it helps the whole […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Attributes, BESA, Domains, Governance Model, SABSA

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