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February 11, 2020

Rush, rabbits and reality

Since my last email was a bit of musically-inspired guidance on what not to do as a security architect, I thought I’d continue the theme today with probably the best, most direct – and most effective – advice I’ve ever heard about the practice of architecture from a band called Rush. The lead track of […]

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

February 9, 2020

Is there a little too much Johnny Cash in your framework?

You might’ve heard me talk about this a bit in the past, but I grew up in East-Central Illinois on a farm in the ‘70s and ‘80s. And one of the things I grew up listening to on the radio – until I had one of my own – was Country & Western music. I […]

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

February 8, 2020

5 reasons why security architecture’s not for sissies

One of the first things you tend to hear when you arrive in Africa – and South Africa, particularly – is the phrase, “Africa’s not for sissies.” And there’s good reason for this. The daily power cuts impacting the whole country, including the “Mother City” herself…a healthy population of poisonous snakes many of our friends […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Being a Security Architect, BESA, Security Architecture, Security Architecture Skills

February 6, 2020

No pizzas and no chips

If you’ve been following along for even a little while, you might remember that I’ve been spending a lot of time back in Cape Town since about August. You might also remember a rant—er, a story or two about a thing called load shedding that they do in South Africa. Basically, it’s (generally) planned, neighborhood-wide […]

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

February 5, 2020

A tale of two banks (and 2 lessons for security architects)

You might remember that my mother has been visiting us since just before Christmas, and you might also remember that I’m from the US, so…that’s where she lives. Not only that, it’s where she banks and where she has her mobile phone service (unsurprisingly). Given the almost daily deafening stampede of credit card details we […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, BESA, Customer Experience, Customer Value, Mobile Banking, Security Architecture

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