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May 7, 2020

Your mission: save the world

Grandiose? Maybe…but hey, I’m in that kind of mood right now, because my son decided tonight was the night he wanted to watch Justice League. Fortunately, he feel asleep before the really, really scary parts at the end—well, scary for a 5 year-old…but not too scary that he didn’t want to watch it. Now, I […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Mission and Purpose, SABSA, Security Architecture

May 6, 2020

What if information didn’t flow?

About 15 or 16 years ago, I was neck-deep in SOA, federated identity and defining my own framework of IEE1471:2000 views and viewpoints that I believed were the most relevant for enterprise (business) architecture, enterprise (technology) architecture and enterprise security architecture. Obviously, I was taking my first baby-steps with SABSA for the last one, but […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Architecture Documentation, BESA, IEEE1471, Information Flow, SABSA, Security Architecture, Security Domains, SOA

May 5, 2020

Taming the security architecture beast

I was having a very interesting conversation today with a Security Architect who has done all of the SABSA training, and one of the things he mentioned was how overwhelming it all seemed. In fact, his position was that, because it was so big, it wasn’t really practical to use the whole thing—unless you were […]

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

May 4, 2020

Why “systemic impact” should be more than just an architecture talking point

A lot of people out there are talking about the direct impacts to themselves of the global mandatory and voluntary lockdowns enacted to control the spread of COVID-19. This continued spread would be the direct risk of unrestricted physical contact, and the impact, as we’ve seen, clearly has the ability to cause the ultimate impact […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, RACI, Risk Assessment, Security Architecture, Security Governance, Systemic Impact, Systemic Risk, Systems Thinking

May 3, 2020

The one critical security skill you can never stop practicing

A very Happy Easter to you! I’m sure it’s quite different than your last one. So, for something to think about when either: your small children are bouncing off the walls more than usual thanks to the OD on Easter candy, or you’re able to just sit in your solitude and let yourself reflect on […]

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

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