In the world of digital transformation, things are moving quickly. The concept of zero trust has matured significantly. Now we can see a much more holistic approach, often referred to as the ‘software defined perimeter’. One of the key features is the use of secure APIs for machine-to-machine communications. Many web applications are now bundles of microservices rather than a […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Governed
In the previous blog article (Conflicted, April 2019) The Attributer examined the potential conflict between the decisions made by autonomous systems and those made by their human operators. The case study was the alleged failure of the MCAS[1] system on the Boeing 737 Max aircraft and the part it may have played in two recent crashes of this aircraft. The […]
Security Architecture Briefing – Singapore 13 June
SABSA Institute CEO, David Lynas, will be giving an evening briefing on security architecture, business enablement and driving business value from security on the evening on 13th June in Singapore. The event, hosted by ALC / PDA Training, will take place at the Hilton Hotel Orchard Road from 6.30pm. Full agenda & registration
SABSA World Toronto Report – May 2019
On May 16, 2019, the inaugural SABSA World Toronto was held with 30 security architects at the Deloitte Toronto main office. This was the first SABSA World held in Canada to get the local group of SABSA security architects to discuss common issues and learn more from each other. The group was welcomed to the SABSA World event with an […]
SABSA at Work – SABSA Applied to an Undersea Data Centre
The latest in the SABSA at Work stream of publications, SW103 – SABSA Applied to an Undersea Data Centre, authored by Robert Laurie, has been released for SABSA members. This case-study covers examples of SWOT analysis, security risk identification and analysis, business opportunity analysis, the SABSA Assurance Model, SABSA Business Attributes, Domain Modelling and Information Flows. Robert is the 2018 […]
Refreshing the Security Architecture Professional BoK
There is an important question to which security professionals need an answer: What is Cyber Security Architecture? There is some confusion about the answer. For many, if not most, the phrase refers only to technology structure. Others will inlcude people and processes. For another group, security architecture incudes high level governance structures. SABSA Practitioners fall into the latter category. SABSA […]
SABSA World Congress 2019 – Delegate Registration
The agenda for the 2019 SABSA World Congress has now been published. (See: COSAC.net for details). Hosted by the COSAC Security Conference in Ireland, a SABSA stream will run in parallel through-out the entire 4 day event. Delegate registration is now open: Early-bird rates available until 30 June COSAC offers a flight sponsorship promotion for delegates, with the cost of […]
On Demand Webinar: Applying SABSA in Project Delivery
The latest in The SABSA Institute’s Webinar series, Aplying SABSA in Project Delivery, is now available on demand for Institute members: https://sabsa.org/wb101-applying-sabsa-in-project-delivery/ Next Webinar: SABSA Modelling in ArchiMate – 31 May – 12:00pm BST.