Nope? Well, neither do I, actually. But we all remember that in 1969 the United States put the first men on the moon. The name of the company was actually two different ones: the command module was built by North American Aviation of P-51, B-25 and F-86 fame, and the lunar module was built by […]
TOGAF-crossed domains
Given that in most of the world (except Brazil) it’s Valentine’s Day weekend, I thought it would be a good time to tell a little love story of Romeo and Juliet proportions. Of course, the love story I’m talking about is the story of SABSA and TOGAF. Now SABSA is a bit of a recluse, […]
Lost in the architecture wasteland
Yesterday I had a brilliant (and, fortunately, public) reminder of how often the life of a security architect is effectively lost in a wasteland of “architecture” that people genuinely believe is a useful depiction of the state of the world—or an organization. This time, the example was provided on Twitter with a brief “IT architect […]
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 […]
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 […]
